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Summary

Mound known as Butt Mound in Butt Lees. This mound is probably a Bronze Age bowl barrow that has been re-used in the medieval and post medieval periods.

Full description

PRN 60724
[This record includes material from PRN 60969, now deleted.]
A mound 3ft high and 30ft in diameter known as Butt Mound and associated with the field name of Butt Lees. {1}
A grassy mound left in an arable field, 1.0m high and 10m diameter.{2}
Butt Mound is one of a group of four mounds which was recorded in Butt Lees in the early twentieth century. The only other mound still evident, Folk Moot (PRN 60722), is the subject of a separate scheduling. The group appears to represent the remains of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery. The Butt Mound is thought to have been re-used as an archery butt in the medieval and post medieval periods. {4}

<1> HBMC, 1972, AM 7, - (Scheduling Record). SLI4107.

<2> HBMC, 1987, AM 107, - (Scheduling Record). SLI4030.

<3> 1945-84, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION, FN84 (Aerial Photograph). SLI173.

<4> English Heritage, 1999, Revised scheduling document 22751, MPP 23 (Scheduling Record). SLI5366.

<5> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, TF 04 SE; TF0542; LI.843.6.2 (Map). SLI3613.

<6> Ordnance Survey, Silk Willoughby O.S. cards, TF 04 SE; 2 (Index). SLI2720.

<7> Silk Willoughby SMR cards, TF 04 SE; C (Index). SLI3258.

Monument Types

• MOUND (Undated)
• BOWL BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
• ARCHERY BUTTS (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Events

• Site visit to Butt Lees
• Aerial photograph of earthworks at Butt Lees, Silk Willoughby

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument

Sources and further reading

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