More information : ('A' -SS 56644388; 'B' -SS 56814381) Tumulus (NR) (twice)
('C' -SS 56854377) Tumulus (NR) (site of)
('D' -SS 5668 4369) Tumulus (NR) (1)
Bowl barrows, unmutilated except by ploughing.
'A' - 38.0m diameter, 2.0m high.
'B' - 19.0, diameter, 0.6m high.
'C' - Ploughed out.
'D' - 32.0m diameter, 1.5m high.
No surface finds were made. (2)
"Berry Down Group" of grass-covered bowl barrows visited by
C. Whybrow and L.V. Grinsell in April 1961 when two previously
undiscovered barrows 'E' and 'F' were found: 'A' - SS 56654390.
35 paces in diameter, 6 1/2ft high. Scheduled.
'B' - SS 56814382. 19 paces in diameter, 2ft high. Scheduled.
'C' - SS 56854376. 11 paces in diameter, 6 inches high. Scheduled.
'D' - SS 56684370. 35 paces in diameter, 6ft high. Scheduled.
Probably opened by George Doe on 29th May 1983 when "layers of
fine clay streaked with charcoal" were the only observations
(for other barrow opened by Doe on Berry Down see SS 54 SE 2).
'E' - SS 56884374. 14 paces in diameter, 1 1/2ft high.
'F' - SS 56944377. 17 paces in diameter, 1 1/2ft high with
cattle trough on top. The North half of the barrow has been
removed for the road to the north. (3-4)
SS 566437. Four round barrows west of Berry Down Cross.
Scheduled. (5)
'A' SS 5664 4388. A bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery, now consisting of seven barrows. It survives as a circular mound 37.7 metres in diameter and 1.8 metres high. Scheduled. (6)
'D' SS 5668 4369. A bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery. It survives as a mound measuring 30.6 metres in diameter and 1.2 metres high. Scheduled. (6)
'E' SS 5696 4370. A bowl barrow surviving as a circular mound measuring 17.8 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres high. Scheduled (7)
'F' SS 5699 4376. A bowl barrow surviving as an oval mound 22.6 metres by 10.4 metres and 0.4 metres high. Scheduled. (7) |