Monument Number 401292 |
| Hob Uid: 401292 | |
Location :
Greater London Authority
Wandsworth
Non Civil Parish
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| Grid Ref : TQ2279072950 |
| Summary : Possible round barrow identified by O.G.S. Crawford and W.J. Hemp in 1937. The earthwork survives as a low flat-topped platform, circular in outline and 30-35 metres in diameter. It stands to a height of 0.6 metres above ground level where best preserved on the south and it has been truncated here by a shallow arcing ditch, 0.2 metres deep that extends for a distance of at least 60 metres on an east to west alignment. It now hosts a war memorial. There is no evidence to suggest that it was a barrow, as suggested by |
More information : Tumulus. Diameter. 50 paces, height. 3'6". [TQ22797295 WCB]. Discovered by O.G.S. Crawford and W.J. Hemp on 25-11-37. (1)
This monument was discovered by OGS Crawford and W.J Hemp on 25th November 1937. It now survives as a low flat-topped platform, circular in outline and 30-35 metres in diametre. It stands to a height of 0.6 metres above ground level where best preserved on the south and it has been truncated here by a shallow arcing ditch, 0.2 metres deep that extends for a distance of at least 60 metres on an east to west alignment. It now hosts a war memorial. No evidence to suggest that it was a barrow. (2) |