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Mound Site
County: Gloucestershire
District: COTSWOLD
Parish: BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER
NGR: SP 16 19
Monument Number: 2559
HER 2559 DESCRIPTION:-
A mound or 'steading' not a barrow, mistakenly identified by Grundy on the Winesbeorg of a Saxon charter (SMR 136). It measures 20 paces N-S by 15 paces W-E & is banked up to a height of 4ft (1.2m) on the slope.{1}
This mound has been levelled. It stood on the largest of a series of natural terraces in the steeply-sloping hill- side above a small stream in a most unsuitable position for a barrow. Mrs O'Neil agreed that this was a natural feature.{2}
GADARG agrees probably not a barrow - called 'Nicholas Barrel' - not an antiquity.{6}
A rather amorphous mound under pasture. Not a barrow, but probably an earthwork indication of a DMV or deserted farm, as there are traces of the same type in the field.{7}
Amorphous non-natural mound.{10}
AREA ASSESSMENT :-
No plough damage.{7}

Monuments
MOUND(UNCERTAIN)

Protection Status

Sources and further reading
862;Ordnance Survey;unknown;Vol:0;
862;Ordnance Survey;unknown;Vol:0;
123;Grundy GB;1935-1936;Saxon Charters and Field Names of Gloucestershire Parts 1 and 2;Vol:0;
362;Ordnance Survey;1946-1975;OS 1st series National Survey: 6 inch map;Vol:0;
902;GADARG;1982;Vol:0;
470;Saville A;1976;Vol:0;
305;Saville A;1980;Archaeological Sites in the Avon and Gloucestershire Cotswolds;Vol:0;
1267;O'Neil HE & Grinsell LV;1960;TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY;Vol:79.1;Page(s):10-154;
4249;Historic England;Various;Vol:0;
15387;Various;Various;Historic England Archive Files;
15387;Various;Various;Historic England Archive Files;
15297;Various;Various;

Related records
HER   136     Wins barrow is a scheduled Bronze Age bowl barrow 160m south east of Bourton Hill Farm, Clapton.
NMR INDEX NUMBER;SP 11 NE 1
HISTORIC ENGLAND AMIE RECORD;329856

Source
Gloucestershire County Council: Historic Environment Record Archive