Record Details
| 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.
| Grid Reference: | SJ 7634 3650 |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ73NE |
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| Parish: | Loggerheads, Newcastle Borough |
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| Map: | Show this site on map |
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Monument Type(s):
Associated Events:
- EST277 - Un-named event/activity
- EST490 - Un-named event/activity
- EST491 - Site visit by a Field Monument Warden in 1982
Protected Status:
- Scheduled Monument 21530: Auctioneer's Mound
Full description
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Sources and further reading
| <1> | SST3723 - Scheduling record: English Heritage. Ongoing. Scheduled Monument Designation Documents and Scheduled Monument Consents. A.M. 7 (O.E. Craster, 1967) |
| <2> | SST3723 - Scheduling record: English Heritage. Ongoing. Scheduled Monument Designation Documents and Scheduled Monument Consents. A.M. 7 (C.A. Snowdon, 1978) |
| <3> | SST3723 - Scheduling record: English Heritage. Ongoing. Scheduled Monument Designation Documents and Scheduled Monument Consents. 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) |
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