Bartlow: Roman barrows and village history on the Cambridgeshire border

Bartlow is a small village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, close to the Essex and Suffolk borders, about 12 miles south-east of Cambridge and 7 miles west of Haverhill. The village is best known for the Bartlow Hills, one of the most important Roman burial mound groups in Britain. For centuries they were linked by legend to the Battle of Assandun, but excavation showed them to be Roman tumuli dating from the 1st or 2nd century AD.
Population: 101 inhabitants (2021 census).
Distance: about 12 miles south-east of Cambridge and 7 miles west of Haverhill.
Traditions and culture: village life continues around St Mary's Church and the renewed Three Hills pub, with a strong sense of local identity despite the parish's very small size.
Highlights: Bartlow Hills, St Mary's round-tower church, the Three Hills pub, and the remains of the old railway setting.