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Robin Hoods Butt
Hob Uid: 108592
Location : Shropshire Bromfield
Grid Ref : SO4897077870
Summary : The earthwork remains of a bronze Age bowl barrow, part of a group of barrows in Old Field. The mound is extant as an earthwork 30 metres in diameter and 4.7 metres high. There is no trace of any surrounding ditch. The barrow is scheduled as an ancient monument. Excavation in 1884 recovered cremated human bones and a fragment of a bronze spearhead from the body of the mound. A Bronze Age "cinerary urn" in Ludlow Museum is said to come from this barrow, but is more likely to have come from the barrow recorded as SO 47 NE 11. The barrow was seen as an earthwork and mapped from aerial photogtaphs.
More information : (SO 48977787) Tumulus (NR). (1) Known as "Robin Hood's Butt" or "Bitt Tump"; 90ft diam and 14ft high. Excavated in 1884 when, 10ft below the top of the mound, cremated human bones were found with a small piece of bronze spear or arrow-head. Original ground level was reached with no further finds. (2) A round barrow, situated upon a local rise of ground, diameter 30.0m, height 4.7m. No traces of a ditch. Under turf and in good condition. Published 1:2500 survey revised. The names by which this barrow has been known do not appear to be in use today. (3) A cinerary urn, in Ludlow Museum; said to have come from this barrow, probably came from the barrow situated at SO 49567735. (See SO 47 NE 11). (4) SO 489 776: Group of round barrows on the Old Field. Scheduled. (5) SO 4896 7787. Robin Hood's Butt: a bowl barrow 190m north of Ludlow golf course club house. Scheduled (RSM). The surrounding ditch has become infilled but survives as a buried feature some 3m wide. (6) The earthwork remains of the Bronze Age round barrow described by the previous authorities were seen centred at SO 4897 7788 and mapped from aerial photographs. (7)

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Source details : English Heritage SAMs Salop 31-Dec-87 15
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Source details : NMR SO 4877/86-87 20-FEB-1989
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

Components and Objects:

Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bowl Barrow
Object Type : CREMATION, SPEAR, VESSEL
Object Material : Bronze, Pottery

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : Salop 34
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 19120
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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : MU 239.10
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 47 NE 3
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1884-01-01
End Date : 1884-12-31

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1973-03-21
End Date : 1973-03-21

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1993-01-01
End Date : 1993-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1993-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31

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Robin Hoods Butt