More information : (A-SY 90118720; B-SY 90028707) Tumuli (NR) (two shown). (1)
(A) Dimensions: Diam 14 yards. Height 6ft. Flat topped. Disturbed
but not excavated.
(B). Dimensions: Diam. 21 yards. Height 5' 6", irregular but disturbed. (2)
Two barrows lettered 'A' & 'B', both bracken covered.
'A'. Diameter 13.0m. Height 2.0m. No sign of berm or ditch.
Mutilated on top by rabbits. No surface finds. A bowl barrow.
'B' Diameter 18.0m. Height 1.9m. No trace of berm or ditch, or
of excavation. A bowl barrow. (3)
'A' SY 90118720. Ditched bowl barrow 175 yards NNE of 'B' on end of
spur. Diameter 20 feet, height 2 1/2 feet.
'B' SY 90028707. Ditched bowl barrow totally excavated in 1964 by
Dr. G. J. Wainwright. Diameter 40 feet, height 4 feet, surrounded
by a ditch 10 feet wide. Near the centre of the mound were a
biconical urn and a bucket urn but no burial. (4)
Two C-14 dates have been obtained from barrow 'B':
The primary cremation gave a date of 1740 +- 90 BC (NPL-199).
The cremation from the bucket-urn in pit II gave a date of 1380 +- 90 BC (NPL-74). (5)
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