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Monument Number 106827
Hob Uid: 106827
Location : County of Herefordshire Walford, Letton and Newton
Grid Ref : SO3856072320
Summary : The earthwork and buried remains of a bowl barrow situated on level ground immediately south of the A4113. Barrow consists of an earthen mound, circular in form, circa 20m in diameter and 1.2m high. Surrounding quarry ditch, which is no longer visible having been completely infilled. The mound has a slightly flattened top possibly due to archaeological excavation in 1736, when an urn containing human bone was found.
More information : (SO 38587233) Tumulus (NR) (1) A mound 56 ft in diameter at the base and about 3 ft high. This is probably the tumulus referred to in a MS account of the discovery of an urn containing human bones on 8 February 1736. Roy notes "urns found in this tumulus". (4) (2-4) This turf covered barrow is 22.0m in diameter and 1.2m high. There is no local knowledge of the urns found. Published survey (25") revised. (5) The earthwork and buried remains of a bowl barrow situated on level ground immediately south of the A4113. Barrow consists of an earten mound, circular in form, circa 20m in diameter and 1.2m high. Surrounding quarry ditch, which is no longer visible having been completely infilled. The mound has a slightly flattened top possibly due to archaeological excavation in 1736, when an urn containing human bone was found. (6) The circular barrow mound is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and has been mapped by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. (7)

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Source details : OS 6" 1963
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Source details : Arch Camb 4th S 5 1874 164 (RWB)
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Source details : The Military Ants of the Ro 1793 Plate XL (W Roy)
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Source details : F1 DRB 15-MAY-72
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Source details : scheduled (revised) 02-nov-1995
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Source details : RAF CPEUK/1873 6020-1 04-DEC-1946
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
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Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Inhumation
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HW 72
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 27482
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Hereford & Worcestershire)
External Cross Reference Number : 936
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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : MU.222.21
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 37 SE 8
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1736-01-01
End Date : 1736-12-31

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-05-15
End Date : 1972-05-15

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1993-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 106827