More information : ['A' TM 2486 4044, 'B' 2486 4041, 'C' TM 2486 4037, 'D' TM 2486 4025, 'E' TM 2496 4028] Tumuli [O.E.] [Twice] (1)
The three barrows A, B and C lie within a cabbage field and were not visited. All appear to be much reduced and spread by the plough. 'A' is barely discernible, 'B' and 'C' are estimated to be 0.3 to 0.5m in height. 'D' A large bowl barrow in good condition except for an old excavation trench dug to the centre from the S. side. It measures 30.0m in diameter and has a height of 3.0m. It is covered with bramble and bracken. There is no visible ditch 'E'. A bowl barrow much reduced by ploughing in fair condition. At present under cultivation. It has a diameter of 21.0m, and is 0.8m high. There is no visible ditch.
Published surveys (25" 1927) correct. (2)
These barrows were surveyed at 1:2500 scale by an archaeological team from RCHME Cambridge in September 1997, following a request from English Heritage. The field was under plough but conditions were ideal, before sowing: all barrows were clearly visible. The northern three barrows are considerably spread and reduced by ploughing, surviving to dimensions of (from the north) 28-34m in diameter by 0.35m high, 34m by 0.60m and 34m by 0.45m. The southern barrow stands alone and is fenced off so that the greater part of it is unploughed: it is overgrown with scrub and bracken. It is comparatively well-preserved, composed apparently of sand, and surviving to a diameter of 28-30m and a height of 2.85m; a large depression in the centre and south-east side is from an excavation of unknown date. Surveyed at 1:2500 scale. (3)
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