More information : (SU 03192116) Kitt's Grave (NAT). (1)
Almost certainly the 'Cotelesburgh (Cotel's Barrow) of a
Saxon charter of Damerham (B817) and the 'Chetoles Beorh' of
another of Bower Chalke (B917). The adjacent place-names
'Catler's Corner' and Chettle Head Copse' are also from the
name 'Cotel'. (2)
I could find nothing definite. Visited July 1937. (3)
No mound or other significant feature located. Local
tradition is that Kitt was a gipsy who died at this spot
and was buried in Martin churchyard; but this (whether or not
genuine) is probably a superimposition on a long-standing
Cotel/Kitt name.
The barrow may in fact have been that seen 300 metres to
the east (SU 02 SW 18). (4)
|