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HER Number (PRN):00592
Name:Earthworks of a possible round barrow c 400m SSE of Broadward Hall
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

Summary

A circular mound circa one foot in height, possibly a round barrow of Bronze Age date.

Parish:Clungunford, South Shropshire, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SO37NE
Grid Reference:SO 390 761

Related records

00746Related to: Find Spot in 1867 of the Broadward Hoard, near Broadward Hall (Find Spot)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

  • ESA576 - 1979 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
  • ESA7064 - 2010 Excavation of the Broadward Hoard / Barrow, S of Broadward Hall by University of Worcester
  • ESA7066 - 2010 topographic survey S of Broadward Hall by University of Worcester

Description

A circular tumulus, one foot in height and on higher ground than, and beyond the flood level of the find-spot of the Broadward Hoard (PRN 00746). The mound is partially cut away on its north side by the fence and ditch of an adjoining meadow. It has been reduced to its present height many years ago, because a very large ash tree, recently fallen, grew on the present level. Banks suggested that the urn found with the Broadward Hoard originated here <1a><1b>

Nothing visible on aerial photography taken in 1973. <1c>

No traces of a round barrow could be found. <1d>

Area photographed during aerial survey in 2010, and 2012. <2><3><4>

Possible, very slight, sub-rounded earthwork visible to the east of the recorded location of this 'barrow' on LiDAR imagery (centred SO 3903 7619), although this remains highly conjectural. <5>

Nothing apparent in topographic survey carried out across this area in 2010, as part of the investigation of the Broadward Hoard site. <6>

Sources

[00]SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 00592.
[01b]SSA2344 - Article in serial: Banks R W. 1873. Article in Archaeologia Cambrensis. Archaeologia Cambrensis. Ser 4, Vol 4 (Vol 28). p202-204.
[01a]SSA2345 - Article in serial: Barnwell E L. 1873. The Broadward Find. - Supplementary Note. Archaeologia Cambrensis. Ser 4, Vol 4 (Vol 28). p80-83. p82.
[01]SSA2346 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1979. Ordnance Survey Record Card SO37NE51 . Ordnance Survey record cards. SO37NE51 .
[01d]SSA31554 - Site visit report: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. Various. NRHE: Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 ASP 23-FEB-79.
[01c]SSA31574 - Vertical aerial photograph: Historic England / Ordnance Survey. c.1960-1980. NRHE: Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs held by Historic England Archive. Black and white. OS 73 069 555/6 10.4.73.
[02]SSA26687 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2012-May-23. SA1201_001 to SA1201_002 (2 photos) Flight: 12_SA_01. Colour. Digital.
[03]SSA26335 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2010-Jul-5. SA1008_231 to SA1008_236 (6 photos) Flight: 10_SA_08. Colour. Digital.
[04]SSA24960 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2010-Jul-14. SA1009_247 to SA1009_250 (4 photos) Flight: 10_SA_09. Colour. Digital.
[05]SSA24735 - Geospatial data: Environment Agency. 2014. LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) Hillshade Model.
[06]SSA24733 - Article in serial: Bradley R, Lewis J, Mullin D and Branch N. 2015. 'Where water wells up from the earth': excavations at the findspot of the Late Bronze Age hoad from Broadward, Shropshire. Antiq J. 95. pp.21-64.
Date Last Edited:May 28 2024 4:13PM