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| Name: | Suggested Bronze Age barrow to NW of Old Ox, Oxton |
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| HER Number: | M2771 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW (BA, Bronze Age - 2300 BC to 701 BC (at some time))
Full description
About 100yds W (of Oldox) a hill rises in a conical shape; the top appears to be a large tumulus. (1)
Round barrow or outlook for Old Ox camp. (2)
The SW spur of Loath Hill is crowned by 2 large mounds, both under grass, the N one ("Robin Hood Hill") with trees also. Both are well in excess of 60.0m diam and over 8.0m high. Neither betrays traces of a surrounding ditch nor artificial scarping, and are almost certainly natural geological features. The hedgerow that traversed the SW mound from E-W has been grubbed out leaving an excavation-like trench across it. (3)
See M 2772 for Old Ox; M 2769, M 5490 for sites 1 mile to W.
<1> Rooke H, 1789, Archaeologia, p 201 (Published document). SNT1209.
<2> Thoroton Society, 1908, TTS, pp 29-31 (Published document). SNT335.
<3> Seaman BH, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1252.
Related records
| L2771 | Parent of: Circular mound to NW of Old Ox, Oxton (Element) |
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