Monument Type(s):

• BOWL BARROW (Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 700 BC)

Summary

Scheduled Monument: A well preserved example of a burial mound of probable Bronze Age date, one of several in the Clun Valley.

Related records: None recorded

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

• ESA1556 - 1971 field observation by English Heritage
• ESA1557 - 1973 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
• ESA1558 - 1981 field observation by English Heritage

Description

An oval mound 18ft high with broad and natural scarp, no signs of a ditch <1a>
This is a barrow not a motte <1b>
Large rounded pasture covered glacial morainic mound, 45m diam x 5m high, with further gentler slopes falling away to N and S. Present profiles of the mound, which has been under the plough, shows no evidence of it having been surmounted with a round barrow. OS FI 1973 <1>

A large round barrow, 9ft-11ft high, and with a rather oval shape. Diameter N/S is 65yds, E/W 40yds. There is a shallow depression 8ft-10ft wide all around. Pasture. IAM FI 1971 <3>

The ditch showed up as a very distinct cropmark during aerial reconnaissance in 1989 <2><4>

Its local name is Oval Mount <5>

Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, High score as one of 93 Bowl Barrows <7>

Scheduling revised in 1996. Scheduling description: ->

->The monument includes the earthwork and buried remains of a bowl barrow, situated at the top of a natural knoll on the lower slopes of an east facing scarp, overlooking the Clun Valley. The knoll rises steeply on the west and more gently on the east side, where it blends in with the general slope of the land. The barrow itself includes an earthen mound which has been created by artificially steepening the sides of the knoll. The resulting change in profile of the slope is visible c.3m-4m below the summit, and the mound itself is roughly circular in plan, with a diameter of 30m. Additional material for the construction of the mound will have been obtained from a surrounding quarry ditch, which is no longer visible at the surface. However, this feature was recorded in 1970 as a shallow depression up to 3m wide, and can be seen as a distinct crop mark on aerial photographs taken in 1989. ->

-> The monument is one of several bowl barrows in the Clun Valley, at least two of which were developed during the medieval period as motte castles. All these monuments are scheduled separately, the closest being the motte at Buckton, some 3.6km to the south east, SM 27489 <8>

Record of management issues and reccommendation made in c.1996 <9>

<00> Shropshire County Council SMR, Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards, SMR Card for PRN SA 01165 (Card index). SSA20722.

<01b> Bird A J, Map annotation by OS Correspondent (Map annotation). SSA10827.

<01a> Victoria County History, 1908, Victoria County History 1, p385 with plan (Volume). SSA178.

<01> Ordnance Survey, 1973, Ordnance Survey Record Card SO37NE39 (Card index). SSA4626.

<02> Musson Chris R, 1989-Jun-23, CPAT 89/MB/0566 to 0568 (3 photos) (Oblique aerial photograph). SSA17144.

<03> Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission (HBMC), 1983, Scheduled Monument Report on SAM 14941 (Field Monument Warden Report). SSA4629.

<04> Musson Chris R, 1989-Jun-23, CPAT 89/C/0154 (Oblique aerial photograph). SSA17145.

<05> Bird A J, 1977, History on the Ground, p129 (Monograph). SSA475.

<06> Department of the Environment (DoE), 1972, Map of Scheduled area, 1972 (Scheduled Monument notification). SSA4627.

<07> Horton Wendy B, 1990/ 1991, MPP Evaluation File (TEXT). SSA20084.

<08> English Heritage, 1996, Scheduling Papers (Revised Scheduling, 01/08/1996) (Scheduled Monument notification). SSA4628.

<09> Leigh Judith, 1996, The Clun environmentally sensitive area: management plans for Scheduled Ancient Monuments (Management report). SSA23415.

Sources

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