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Name:	POSSIBLE ROUND BARROW AT LAXTON
HER Number:	M4160
Type of record:	Monument

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Monument Types

ROUND BARROW? (BA, Bronze Age - 2300 BC to 701 BC)

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 86: Bowl barrow 70m S of church of St Michael

Full description

A mound of large size, S of the church, has no surrounding ditch and may possibly have been a barrow. (1)
S of the church is a low mound 25yds in diameter, not more than 3ft high with a large oak tree in centre. No trace of ditch. (2)
A low tree mound. (3)
Oval low mound under pasture 22m N/S by 16m E/W with large tree in centre. A bowling green lies to the SE and it is probable that both works may be connected with landscaping of these lands. (4)
See M4157 for Laxton village and cross refs.

<1> Thoroton Society, 1939, TTS, p 11 (Published document). SNT356.

<2> DOE, 1950, AM7 (Unpublished document). SNT621.

<3> Colquhoun FD, 1970, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT580.

<4> Hart CR, 1984, AM107 (Unpublished document). SNT754.

<5> Samuels JR, 1985, AM107 (Unpublished document). SNT1230.

Related records

L4160	Parent of: ROUND MOUND AT LAXTON (Element)
M4157	Part of: LAXTON VILLAGE (Monument)

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