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Record Details

HER Number:00085
Type of record:Monument
Name:Auctioneer's Mound

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
Map Sheet:SJ73NE
Parish:Loggerheads, Newcastle Borough
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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

To find out more about this record please contact the SHER

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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