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Monument Number 337754
Hob Uid: 337754
Location : Leicestershire Blaby Wigston Parva
Grid Ref : SP4694089380
Summary : A circular enclosure visible as cropmarks on air photographs, and comprising three or four concentric circuits of ditches. On the ground, a spread earthwork bank circa 60 metres in diameter and up to 1 metre high is visible in a ploughed field. It has been suggested to represent a henge, although a multi-period Bronze Age barrow is regarded as more plausible. Scheduled.
More information : SP 468893. Triple ditch circle, 1/2mile north-west of High Cross -? Henge monument. Not visisted in the field by Peck or Parsons. Nothing visible on RAF air photographs. (1) The indicated site is under crop; there is no evidence of the feature on the surface and no finds were made. (2) SP 469894. Round barrow 820m east of Smockington Hollow, Scheduled. (3) SP 4694 8938. Bowl barrow at Wigston Parva, roughly circular, about 60m in diameter following plough spread and 1m high with no visible earthwork ditch. Aerial photography has shown this site to possess four concentric surrounding ditches and it is considered that it represents a multi-phase Bronze Age barrow site. Scheduled. (4)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Peck, RAP and D Parsons. 1972. Provisional List of AP Sites in Leicestershire, p12
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Source details : No 129
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Source details : AP (HSL/UK/69/922 Run 21 0831) (Vaughan College, Leicester)
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Source details : J Baird/21-APR-1972/Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Source details : Eng Heritage SAMs, Leic, 31-12-87, 3
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Source details : English Heritage SAM Amendment Leicestershire 10-JUN-1992
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Source details : Site no. 100
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Late Neolithic
Display Date : Late Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -2900
Monument Type : Henge
Evidence : Cropmark, Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Round Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork, Cropmark

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : LE 150
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 17077
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 48 NE 12
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-04-21
End Date : 1972-04-21

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 337754