More information : (SS69144461) Tumulus (NR) (1).
SS69144461. Round barrow 13 paces x 4 ft high, with traces of a ditch on the SW and W sides (2).
A bowl barrow 14.0m diameter and 1.3m high is apparently undisturbed and lies in arable land. There is a suggestion of a perimeter ditch to the west. Published survey 25" revised (3).
Centred at SS 69144461. A well defined, turf covered circular mound lying within improved pasture, and at the time of investigation under a standing frass crop. It measures 12.7m north-south by 12m west-east, and has a summit diameter of 4.6m. It is 1.2m high. Some stones lie on the surface of the mound, but these may have been placed there recently as part of modern field clearance. The largest stones are 0.8m in length. No trace of the ditch referred to by earlier authorities could be seen under the standing grass. (4-5)
The barrow described above is clearly visible on aerial photographs, and appears extremely well-preserved. The ditch referred to by authority 1 is visible on photographs taken in 1952, but by 1972 has been obscured by ploughing and agricultural activity. The presence of the ditch indicates that this a classic ditched bowl barrow (7-8) |