Scheduled Monument: One of a group of burial mounds of probable Bronze Age date on Ludlow Golf Course.
| 03056 | Related to: Barrow on Old Field, 620m ESE of Ludlow Golf Course Club House (Monument) |
| 01174 | Related to: Bowl Barrow on Old Field, 700m SE of Ludlow Golf Course Club House (Monument) |
| 01173 | Related to: Northern of two barrows, Old Field, 600m ESE of Ludlow Golf Course Club House (Monument) |
| 03037 | Related to: Site of a Probable Barrow at Big Brook destoyed in 1852. (Monument) |
| 03039 | Related to: Southern of Two Barrows, Old Field, 600m ESE of Ludlow Golf Course Club House (Monument) |
| 02036 | Related to: Two ring ditches on northern edge of Ludlow Golf Club (Monument) |
A round barrow, situated on a local rise of ground, diameter 30m, 4.7m high. No traces of a ditch. OS FI 1973 <1>
A cinerary urn, in Ludlow Museum, said by the VCH to have come from this barrow, probably came from PRN 01174. OS Records comment 1976 <1>
Known as Robin Hoods Butt or Butt Tump. 90ft diameter and 14ft high. Excavated in 1884 when, 10ft below the top of the mound, cremated human bones were found with a small piece of bronze spear or arrowhead. Original ground surface reached with no further finds <5c>
Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, High score as one of 93 Bowl Barrows <15>
Rescheduled in 1994. The monument includes a large bowl barrow known as Robin Hodd's Butt, or Butt Tump, situated as the eastern tip of a low spur formed between the River Teme to the south-west and River Corve to the north-east. The barrow is visible as a substantial, steep sided mound of sandy soil, 28m in diameter and up to 4.3m high, with a flattened summit 6.7m in diameter. Although not visible at surface level, a ditch, from which material was quarried during the construction of the monument, surrounds the mound. This has become infilled over the years but survives as a buried feature some 3m wide. The barrow is believed to have been partially excavated in 1884 by C Fortey who recorded finds of cremated human bones and a small piece of bronze spear or arrowhead 10ft below the top of the mound. Today there are no visible surface indications of this exploration, the mound appears complete and undisturbed. All modern structures and boundary features are excluded from the scheduling though the ground beneath is included <15>
| 00 | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 01172 |
| 01a | SSA178 - Volume: Victoria County History. 1908. Victoria County History 1. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol 1. p203 |
| 01 | SSA4671 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1976. Ordnance Survey Record Card SO47NE3. Ordnance Survey record cards. SO47NE3. |
| 02 | SSA17152 - Oblique aerial photograph: Baker W A. Oblique View. |
| 03 | SSA17153 - Oblique aerial photograph: Pickering Jim. Oblique View. |
| 04 | SSA17154 - Oblique aerial photograph: Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust. 1988. Oblique View, 1988. |
| 05a | SSA1841 - Monograph: Stanford S C. 1980. The Archaeology of the Welsh Marches. p68-71 with plan |
| 05b | SSA2100 - Article in serial: Stanford S C. 1982. Bromfield, Shropshire: Neolithic, Beaker and Bronze Age Sites, 1966 -79. Proc Prehist Soc. Vol 48. p279-280 |
| 05c | SSA4670 - Article in serial: Fortey C. 1885. Article in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Ser 1, Vol VIII (=Vol 8). p445-449. |
| 05 | SSA4677 - Field Monument Warden Report: Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission (HBMC). 1983. Scheduled Monument Report on SAM 14932. |
| 06 | SSA569 - (No record type): Prehistoric Research Group. List. |
| 07 | SSA4673 - Photograph: Anon. Photos. |
| 08 | SSA4676 - Photograph: Anon. Robin Hoods Butt Barrow, Bromfield. Colour. |
| 09 | SSA4674 - Scheduled Monument notification: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1972. Map of Scheduled area, 1972. |
| [10] | SSA4669 - Correspondence: Various. 1981/ 1982. Correspondence, 1981-1982. |
| [11] | SSA169 - Correspondence: Various. 1992. Correspondence, 1992. |
| [12] | SSA10760 - Correspondence: Shropshire County Council. 1992. Correspondence, 1992. |
| [13] | SSA10761 - Aerial photograph transcription: Baker W A. 1992. AP Plot of Site 281 on Fig 9.8. Site 281 on Fig 9.80. |
| [14] | SSA4672 - Photograph: Watson Michael D. 1984/ 1985. Robin Hoods Butt Barrow. Black and white. 35mm. |
| [15] | SSA20084 - TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File. |
| [16] | SSA4675 - Scheduled Monument notification: English Heritage. 1994. Scheduling Papers (Revised Scheduling, 17/02/1994). 19120. |