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Monument Type(s):

• BOWL BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Summary

Classified as a bowl barrow for MPP but also possibility that it is a windmill mound

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds:

Description

(3) "Burtuna". The castle was attacked by Henry of Anjou in 1147 - the mound at SP 283 029 is a possible identification near Black Bourton but R H C Davis (English Historical Review 77, p.228) suggests Purton near Cricklade (Wilts). Tumulus shown as a barrow on the David and Charles Sheet 69. Cirencester. Alias Sheet 34 named Cirencester in Old Series (OS survey 12.8.1828)
(4) The field was surveyed in 1970. As published, it is 1.3m high and is very spread. It is situated at the southern end of an old ploughing headland, and the possibility that it is a windmill mound cannot be discounted
(5) Site classified as bowl barrow for MPP

<1> Ordnance Survey, 6" map (Map). SOX7.

<2> Victoria County History of Oxford, Vol II (1907), p.345 (Serial). SOX252.

<3a> 1" Old Series OS Map, 12.8.1828 (Map). SOX301.

<3> General reference, p.124 (Bibliographic reference). SOX373.

<4> OS Record Card, SP 20 SE 13 (Index). SOX273.

<5> MPP Documents for Oxfordshire, S Lisk, 20.11.92 (Index). SOX259.

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