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| Name: | Mound, south west of Hoarstone Farm, Kidderminster |
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| HER Reference: | WSM04108 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 790 764 |
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| Map Sheet: | SO77NE |
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| Parish: | Kidderminster Foreign, Wyre Forest, Worcestershire |
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Monument Types
Protected Status
Full description
A small oval shaped mound. Situated on gradually rising natural ground. An outcrop of sandstone protrudes at the top of the rising ground. This natural sandstone appears to be vertically faced on the north, east and southern sides. The west side is disturbed and weathered. There appears to be tool marks on the natural stone. On the north, east and southern sides there are courses of well faced sandstone blocks built on to the natural sandstone, not mortared.[1]
Letter to a Mrs Alice Parker from a Mr H. Ronald Ashford, concerning tumuli at Hoarstone Farm, 8/4/1940. [2]
Letter from a Ms. H. A. White in response to a Mr. I. Walker reporting archaeological sites within the Bewdley area, the letter refers to these areas being assessed by an unnamed Archaeologist, agrees with source 1, also mentions WSM12015 and WSM03994. [3]
Sources and further reading
| <1*> | Record card: 1991. SMR Card: Small Mound, south west of Hoarstone Farm. WHEAS. |
| <2*> | Correspondence: H. Ronald Ashford. 8/4/1940. Letter regarding tumuli at Hoarstone Farm. |
| <3*> | Correspondence: Ms. H. A. White. 6/12/1991. Letter regarding several sites in Bewdley area reported by a Mr. I. Walker. |
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