More information : (SK 05773797) Toot Hill (NAT) Tumulus (NR) (1)
Toot Hill Barrow - excavated in the eighteen-fifties by Redfern who
found only flints. This round barrow, formerly much larger, was,
when excavated by J E Critchlow in 1933 almost square and flat
topped. "Layers of charcoal, flints and fragments of iron (apparently
parts of a mould) were found and in the centre of the barrow, a small
parcel of bones. The flints, chiefly chippings and flakes, include
scrapers, arrow and spear-heads and a knife. A halfpenny dated 1806
was found immediately beneath the turf, where also was a layer of
charcoal, which suggests that the rounded top has been taken off.
From the top turf to a depth of 4 or 5ft charcoal, flints and iron
are found. The NE part of the mound was cut away some time ago to
facilitate ploughing". (2)
A much mutilated bowl barrow, formerly c 16.0m in diameter; the
northern part of the mound has been ploughed out. 1.2m in average
height but appears higher from the SW where the ground falls away.
A large pit has recently been dug into the western part of the mound. (3)
Condition unchanged. Surveyed at 1:2500. (4)
No change to previous information. (5)
SK 0576 3796: Bowl barrow located on Toot Hill, surviving as a slightly mutilated earthen mound up to 1.3m high with maximun dimensions of 9m by 6.5m. Scheduled RSM No. 22420. (6)
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