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Olivers Mound
Hob Uid: 398006
Location : Greater London Authority Richmond upon Thames Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TQ1920073500
Summary : Possible barrow in Richmond Park situated on the cleared avenue running through Sidmouth Wood from King Henry VIII mound. It was destroyed during gravel digging between 1760-1868 when several inhumations were discovered. Field investigations in 1995 by RCHME field staff located no trace of the mound.
More information : [TQ 19207350] Oliver's Mount (1) [Name TQ 190734] Oliver's Mound [GT] Site of Barrow (on which Oliver Cromwell possibly stood when reviewing his troops) destroyed during gravel digging when several human skeletons were discovered. 4 Its site is shown by an excavation on the cleared avenue running through Sidmouth Wood from King Henry VIII mound. (5) There is now no trace of this mound which was evidently removed between 1760 and 1868. (5) There is no trace of this mound. An 18th century map (6a) demonstrates that the mound was linked by way of a tree-lined ornamental avenue (NMR No TQ 17 SE 61) to King Henry VIII's Mound (NMR No TQ 17 SE 21), when both mounds were probably adapted as mounts from which to view the park and wider Thames Landscape; it may also have functioned as a standing for the hunt when Richmond Park was a working deer park. See archive report. (6)

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Source details : Rocque's 2" Map 1760
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Source details : OS 6" 1868-71
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Source details : Cundall H M. 1925. Bygone Richmond, 33-4
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : O.N.B. 1933.
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Source details : F1 FGA 07-JAN-66
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : RCHME: ROYAL PARKS PROJECT: Richmond Park Survey
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Source Number : 6a
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Source details : Rocque J. 1741-45. An Exact Survey of the Citys of London...
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : Greater London
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Round Barrow, Inhumation
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Greater London)
External Cross Reference Number : 21082
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 17 SE 19
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-01-07
End Date : 1966-01-07

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1995-01-01
End Date : 1995-09-01

Historic England Research Records

Olivers Mound