More information : (SK 41410063) Tumulus (NR) (1)
"Sutton Cheney. Bone pin found in a disturbed barrow opened by
Sir John Evans in 1851". (2)
Peek and Parsons state that there are two mounds at Sutton
Cheney, SK 414006, both visited on the ground. They say that the
one south west of the road to Bosworth (SK 41410063) is the
tumulus opened by Evans. Daniell however believes the find came
from the barrow to the north east of the road at SK 414008, which
was ploughed in 1955. The bone pin, Early Bronze Age, is in the
Ashmolean Museum. (3-4)
Small circular tree covered mound, probably the barrow
referred to by Daniell, visible to the north east of the road
at SK 41420081. (5)
A: SK 41410063 An irregular tree covered mound with a maximum
height of 1.3m, landscaped, and forming an integral part of a
large formal garden; the north east quadrant is cut obliquely
by the Sutton Cheyney - Market Bosworth road. No ditch is
evident and the feature cannot be recognised as a burial mound;
however the cutting (for a very early road) gives proof of some
antiquity and it is scheduled as a round barrow.
Published survey 1:2500 correct.
B: SK 41410079 A round barrow previously tree covered but now
under a cereal crop. The feature has a maximum diameter of 26.0m
and a maximum height of 0.2m; there is no evidence of a ditch.
Surveyed on MSD at 1:2500.
Both barrows are situated at 125.0m OD in open positions on high
ground. The farmer could offer no useful information and it
cannot now be stated which barrow produced the pin. (6)
SK 4141 0062. Bowl barrow at Sutton Cheney.
The barrow is about 2m high and is flat topped. Truncating by the road on the east and lanscaping on the north has left the barrow with a square appearance measuring circa 20m on each side. There is no indication of a surrounding ditch.
A second barrow located 150m to the north does not survive well and is not included in the scheduling. Scheduled (RSM) No 17081. (7) |