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Monument Number 25896
Hob Uid: 25896
Location : County Durham Wheatley Hill
Grid Ref : NZ3816037560
Summary : A probable Bronze Age round barrow surviving as an earthwork. It measures 15m E-W by 14m transversely and is 1.5m high.
More information : NZ 382 376 Round Barrow, nr Old Wingate. (1) Quite prominently situated at NZ 3816 3756 on the summit of a small wooded knoll is a turf-covered earthen mound about 14.0m diameter and 1.2m maximum height. Its N edge has been clipped by a hedge and there is a slight (excavation?) hollow in the SSE. Probably a barrow. Surveyed at 1:2500. (2) The mound, centred NZ 3816 3756, was surveyed at 1:200 by RCHME in 1984. The probable round barrow, measuring 15m E-W by 14m transversely and 1.5m high, is prominently situated on the summit of a wooded knoll, c.153 OD. Though surrounded by deciduous trees, none are actually growing on the mound. Full information is included in the NMR Archive. (3)

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Source details : CBA Group 3 Bulletin 77 Ser 2 No 3 (D B Charlton)
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Source details : F1 ISS 23-APR-80
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Source details : Iain Sainsbury/07-FEB-1984/RCHME: Durham Magnesian Limestone Survey
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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 : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 33 NE 12
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1980-04-23
End Date : 1980-04-23

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1983-01-01
End Date : 1984-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 25896