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HER Number: 1579
Record Type: Monument
Name: Bowl Barrow in Round Clump, Ditchley Park

Designations

  • Scheduled Monument () 1009415: Bowl barrow situated in round Clump, Ditchley Park
Grid Reference: SP 395 212
Parish:SPELSBURY, WEST OXFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE

Monument Type(s):

Summary

Consists of well preserved bowl barrow, used as central element in circular tree planting known as Round Clump. Measures 30m in dia, and stands up to 1m high. Quarry ditch surrounds mound, and is 9m wide and 1.5m deep

Associated Monuments

  • None

    • Associated Finds:

  • None

    • Description

    (1) Surrounding the mound is a quarry ditch which provided material for its construction. The ditch remains open and measures 9m wide and 1.5m deep. Broad low mound completely surrounded by ditch (no breaks or causeways). No signs of bailey: might be castle-mound but no clue as to use or purpose.
    (5) Possibly landscaping associated with Ditchley Park. OS revision surveying.
    (6) c.30m diameter and 1m high with a very prominent ditch, may have been landscaped and re-dug. Not marked as antiquity on OS map
    8) This is a large and perfectly preserved round barrow. It has trees growing thickly on it, and it is almost clear of anything but a little short grass on the top. The ditch goes down tto the natural rock at the bottom, and the build-up of the mound begins with top soil and getsstonier towards the top in exact inverse ratio to the ditche's sides. [note has been transcribed in this record, so original note discarded]
    9) referenced in a JMHS WB report on Ditchley Park


    <1> English Heritage, Scheduled Ancient Monuments Record, SM 21811 (Scheduling record). SOX283.


    <2> OS Record Card, SP 32 SE 11 (Index). SOX273.


    <3> Victoria County History of Oxford, Vol I, p.264 and Vol II, p.346 (Serial). SOX252.


    <4> 1930, O G S Crawford 6" Map, 1930 (Map). SOX288.


    <5> Field Notes/Field Visit, Jim Baird OS Revision, 11.9.73 (Unpublished document). SOX261.


    <6> A Mudd, 1983, Round Barrows of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, Appendix 1 (Article in serial). SOX379.


    <7> Black and White print photographs, 1 aerial view of site taken by Helicopter Training School, Netheravon in 1972/3 (Photograph). SOX315.


    <8> Additional Information in Detailed Record File, Brief note relating to barrows visited by Mrs Wickham Steed in 1958 (Index). SOX258.


    <9> John Moore Heritage Services, 2013, Archaeological Watching Brief At Ditchley Park, Enstone, Oxfordshire (Unpublished document). SOX2999.

    Sources

    <1>English Heritage. Scheduled Ancient Monuments Record. SM 21811. [Scheduling record / SOX283]
    <2>OS Record Card. SP 32 SE 11. [Index / SOX273]
    <3>Victoria County History of Oxford. Vol I, p.264 and Vol II, p.346. [Serial / SOX252]
    <4>1930. O G S Crawford 6" Map. 1930. [Map / SOX288]
    <5>Field Notes/Field Visit. Jim Baird OS Revision, 11.9.73. [Unpublished document / SOX261]
    <6>A Mudd. 1983. Round Barrows of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. Appendix 1. [Article in serial / SOX379]
    <7>Black and White print photographs. 1 aerial view of site taken by Helicopter Training School, Netheravon in 1972/3. [Photograph / SOX315]
    <8>Additional Information in Detailed Record File. Brief note relating to barrows visited by Mrs Wickham Steed in 1958. [Index / SOX258]
    <9>John Moore Heritage Services. 2013. Archaeological Watching Brief At Ditchley Park, Enstone, Oxfordshire. [Unpublished document / SOX2999]

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