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Smotherlaw Barrow
Hob Uid: 23710
Location : Darlington High Coniscliffe
Grid Ref : NZ2188016010
Summary : Probable Bronze Age round barrow surviving as a plough-reduced earthwork.
More information : NZ 2188 1601 Tumulus (NR) Smotherlaw (NAT). (1) Tumulus at High Coniscliffe. (2) NZ 2188 1601. Slightly elongated mound, probably a large bowl barrow, measuring 38.5 m in north to south diameter and 3 m high, and 42 m in east to west diameter and 1.7 m high, with no visible ditch. (3) Well spread by ploughing, but no radical change. Published survey (25") revised. (4) NZ 219 160. Smotherlaw, round barrow. Scheduled. (5) Existing survey revised by RCHME during a project on scheduled monuments in County Durham. The remains of this earthen barrow are now much reduced by modern cultivation, ploughing still occurring over the barrow itself. The barrow appears to have been sited upon a natural knoll. The barrow now survives to a maximum height of 1.8 m, and is spread to a maximum diameter of 46 m. Some small shattered stones can be found in the body of the mound. No stuctural features are visible. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" map 1924
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Source details : Victoria County History Durham 1 1905 363
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Source details : F1 JHOstridge/17-APR-1953/OS Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Source details : F2 RE/23-OCT-1981/OS Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Source details : DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 1978 22
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Peter Topping/31-JUL-1991/RCHME: Durham SAMs Project
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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 : Round Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DU 69
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Durham)
External Cross Reference Number : 1555
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 21 NW 22
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1953-04-17
End Date : 1953-04-17

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1981-10-23
End Date : 1981-10-23

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1991-06-01
End Date : 1991-12-01

Historic England Research Records

Smotherlaw Barrow