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| HHER Number: | 4235 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | SITE OF MOUND, BARROW HILL, BARROW FARM, WIDFORD |
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Summary
Undated, but considered to be part of a motte and bailey castle
Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW? (Unknown date)
- BAILEY? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
Protected Status
- Sensitivity Map: SM, site of mound and cropmarks barrow hill
- SHINE: Cropmarks and earthworks of a possible Barrow Cemetery, Barrow Hill, Widford
Full description
Mound described as one of two Roman barrows by Cussans <1>, and by Salmon as Danish; this is the lesser of the two, the other being [503]. 2.1m high and 9m in diameter <2>. Excavation revealed a few objects but apparently nothing of great interest <1>, and it remained undated. In 1949 it was suggested by an Inspector of Ancient Monuments that the two mounds were in fact a motte and bailey castle, this smaller mound being 'an angle of the bailey' <3>. It was levelled c.1950 <4>.
<1> Cussans, John Edwin, 1870-73, History of Hertfordshire vol 1, - p55 (Bibliographic reference). SHT2787.
<2> Squires, E E, 1903, Tumuli at Barrow Farm, Widford; Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 2/2, 130-4 (Article in serial). SHT3944.
<3> Moodey, G E, 1949, Widford: tumuli; East Herts Archaeol Soc Newsletter 1, p4 (Article in serial). SHT3172.
<4> OS Records (Index). SHT8223.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Cussans, John Edwin. 1870-73. History of Hertfordshire vol 1. - p55. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Squires, E E. 1903. Tumuli at Barrow Farm, Widford; Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 2/2, 130-4. |
| <3> | Article in serial: Moodey, G E. 1949. Widford: tumuli; East Herts Archaeol Soc Newsletter 1, p4. |
| <4> | Index: OS Records. |
Related records
| 503 | Related to: PROBABLE MOTTE, BARROW HILL, BARROW FARM, WIDFORD (Monument) |
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