Record Details
| MonUID: | MST85 |
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| HER Number: | 00085 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Auctioneer's Mound |
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Summary
An earthwork mound surviving under rough grassland, which is scheduled as a round barrow. It is considered that this may not actually be a barrow, but possibly be the remains of a motte. It is known locally as the Auctioneers Mound and a service is held on the mound once a year on Plough Sunday.
Monument Type(s):
Associated Events:
- EST491 - Site visit by a Field Monument Warden in 1982
- EST277 - Un-named event/activity
- EST490 - Un-named event/activity
Protected Status:
- Scheduled Monument 1011065: Auctioneer's Mound; a bowl barrow 70m NE of St John the Baptist's Church
Full description
ROUND BARROW. MOUND UNDER ROUGH PERMANENT GRASS IN ARABLE. 20M BASE DIAMETER, 1.8M HIGH, 9M DIAMETER ACROSS FLAT TOP. POSSIBLY A SMALL MOTTE. NO TRACE OF A DITCH. DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN EXCAVATED. A DOUBTFUL BARROW. POSSIBLY ALTERED IN SHAPE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH SERVICE HELD ON THE MOUND ONCE A YEAR ON PLOUGH SUNDAY. KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE AUCTIONEER'S MOUND. <1>
POSSIBLE BARROW? <5>
SCHEDULED AS A BARROW -STILL DOUBTFUL.
Cicular earthwork. D 21 Paces 6' high with a fairly level top some 10 paces D. (RH, 23-June-16) <7>
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SST3723 - Designation Record: Department for Culture Media and Sport / English Heritage. Ongoing-2016. Scheduled Monument Designation Documents, Scheduled Monument Consents and Section 17 Management Agreements. A.M. 7 (O.E. Craster, 1967). |
| <2> | SST3723 - Designation Record: Department for Culture Media and Sport / English Heritage. Ongoing-2016. Scheduled Monument Designation Documents, Scheduled Monument Consents and Section 17 Management Agreements. A.M. 7 (C.A. Snowdon, 1978). |
| <3> | SST3723 - Designation Record: Department for Culture Media and Sport / English Heritage. Ongoing-2016. Scheduled Monument Designation Documents, Scheduled Monument Consents and Section 17 Management Agreements. A.M. 107 (C.A.Snowdon, 1982). |
| <4> | SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SJ 73 NE - 11 (T.N.S.F.C. Volume 58 (1923-1924) page 123 (by J. H. Beckett)). |
| <5> | SST2068 - Serial: University of Keele. 1965. North Staffordshire Journal of Field Studies Volume 5 (1965). 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of Staffordshire: Part 2' by A.J.H. Gunstone, page 32. |
| <6> | SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SJ 73 NE - 11 (A.S.P. - Ordnance Survey Field Inspector - 27-Sept-1974). |
| <7> | SST3824 - Index: Keele University. Keele University Card Index. SJ 73/8 (North Staffordshire Field Club. IVIII, 1923/4,123). |
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