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Monument Number 341985
Hob Uid: 341985
Location : Northamptonshire Daventry West Haddon
Grid Ref : SP6415071450
Summary : Alleged site of a Roman tumulus at Ostor Hill. There are no surface indications.
More information : (SP 6415 7145) Ostor Hill Site of Tumulus (LB) (1) "Ostor Hill" was supposed by Bridges (2) to be the tumulus of Publius Ostorius. The ONB is destroyed and no evidence can be found that there was ever, in fact, a tumulus. Bridges (and his informants) may have been influenced simply by the place name, although, according to the English Place Names Society it is probably of Scandinavian origin - "austr" meaning "east". There is no tumulus shown in this area on OS 1st editions. (2-3) There are no surface indications of a barrow either on the hill or in the immediate vicinity. (4)

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Source details : OS 6" 1958
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Source details : Hist. of Northants, 1, 1791, 599 (J. Bridges)
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Source details : (Gover, Mawer & Stenton)
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Vol(s) : Oct-33

Source Number : 4
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Source details : F1 BHS 21-FEB-69
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Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
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Monument Type : Barrow
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 67 SW 6
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-02-21
End Date : 1969-02-21

Monument Number 341985