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| HHER Number: | 493 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | MOUND, NEWSELLS PARK, BARKWAY |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Types
- EARTHWORK (Historic: period uncertain - 410 AD to 1900 AD)
- PROSPECT MOUND? (Post Medieval - 1501 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
Mound <1>. Probably flattened in recent landscaping of Newsell Park [1831], nothing visible in the area <2>.
A large elongated mound (40 x 25m) is shown clearly on <3>, apparently with a pond on the top. It looks like a prospect mound, belonging to the landscaped grounds of a country house (in this case Newsells Park). If the map does show a pond, this implies a secondary use as a reservoir to provide water for the house [10905].
Anon, 1807, Plan of the estate of the Hon John Peachey (Cartographic material). SHT317.
<1> Letchworth Museum Catalogue (Unpublished document). SHT6537.
<2> Cave-Penny, Helena (HCC) site report, 4.2.86 (Unpublished document). SHT4214.
<3> OS 25 inch map, 1st edition, 1877-8 (Cartographic material). SHT8116.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Cartographic material: Anon. 1807. Plan of the estate of the Hon John Peachey. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: Letchworth Museum Catalogue. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Cave-Penny, Helena (HCC) site report. 4.2.86. |
| <3> | Cartographic material: OS 25 inch map, 1st edition. 1877-8. |
Related records
| 1831 | Part of: NEWSELLS PARK, BARKWAY (Landscape) |
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