More information : TF 42867110 Giants' Hills Long Barrow O.E.
TF 42927088 Long Barrow O.E. (Site of). (1)
Long barrow, built in the beaker period by people using advanced Neolithic Al pottery, excavated in 1934. Scheduled.
Pottery and other objects found in the surrounding ditch indicated the temporary settlement of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age peoples.
The last remains of a second long barrow some 250 yards to the south-east (accounting for the plural form of the name) was seen in 1934.
(2-4)
The south-western slope of the surviving long barrow is overgrown with grass and bushes, the remainder has been ploughed over and is under crop.
Published Survey (25") revised.
There are no extant remains of a second long barrow; the published site is under crop. (5)
Additional reference. (6)
Three Neolithic long barrows (including the two described by previous authorities) were seen as cropmarks and earthworks and mapped from good quality air photographs. The scheduled long barrow is an extant earthwork, and is centred at TF 4287 7111. It is 40m long by about 15m wide. The second barrow described by the previous authorities can still be seen as a slight mound, with cropmarks marking the position of the defining ditch. It is centred at TF 4294 7088 and is 50m long by 22m wide [also recorded as TF 47 SW 86 (UID: 1432599)]. The third possible long barrow, not recorded by the previous authorities is centred at TF 4278 7126. Three sides of the long barrow were seen as cropmarks, including a rounded end. The barrow is approximately 20m wide.
(Morph Nos. LI.109.8.1-3)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database. (7)
The irregular earthwork spine of what remains of the long barrow described by the previous authorities could be seen on images derived from digial elevation models of the site. Because is lies within an area of reversion it is hard to identify anything other than the earthwork remains which appears to be the spine of the barrow which was protected by the field boundary which originally ran along the axis. The barrow appears to have been ploughed away on either side of the boundary. There may some sub-surface remains. (8) |