Goffer’s Knoll is a natural bump in the landscape, that Bronze Age people saw fit to create a barrow on top of. Without the trees now surrounding it, it would have been a conspicuous landmark.
Not far away, south west of Heath farm (c.TL383414), was a barrow cemetery – again in a prominent position overlooking the route of the Icknield Way. There were originally five round barrows and one square Iron Age barrow (the field is called ‘Five Hill Field’) – but only a couple are barely visible now. There was also a 200m long ‘cross dyke’ thought to be a prehistoric boundary marker.
(info from ‘MAGIC’)