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Greenwich Park Barrow Cemetery

Hob Uid: 404328
Location :
Greater London Authority
Greenwich
Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TQ3881077120
Summary : A barrow cemetery, thought to originally comprise approximately 50 round barrows, 31 barrows identified during 1993-94 survey. Excavations have located Anglo-Saxon inhumations, some in coffins, accompanied by spearheads, shields, knives and beads. the RCHM survey of 194 estimated the original size of the cemetery to have been circa 40 barrows, and linear arrangements within the group.
More information : [Area Centred TQ 38817712] Tumuli [OE] [Group of 19] (1)

Tumuli on Black Heath (2-3)
"Barrow Cluster (Dark Age ?) Tumuli? Saxon(a) See plan. Some
finds described (b)"
[Plan (tracing) shows 20 extant mounds, 3 circular features
indicated by pecks (? sites of mounds) and 10 "flattened barrows"](4)

TQ 388771 Twenty barrows are still identifiable, up to 5m in diameter. Originally c.50 were present and were investigated in 1784 by Rev. James Douglas, inhumations, some in coffins were recorded. Grave goods included a spearhead (Swanton Type H3) a shield boss, a knife and four beads. Fragments of hair and cloth were also recorded. (5-7)

Surveyed by the RCHME topographically and using geophysical methods as part of the Greenwich Park Survey, Sep-1993 to Feb-1994. The full extent of the cemetery is uncertain. The RCHME survey identified a total of thirty-one barrows. The original number is estimated to have been about forty (contra Douglas) and it is probably substantially complete. The twelve barrows 'destroyed' in 1844 may be accounted for largely by flattened barrows recognised in the present topographical and geophysical surveys and by two barrows recorded by the Ordnance Survey in 1871 (8a) but no longer visible. See the archive report and survey plans at 1:500 scale for full details. (8)
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Source details : "Greenwich Park; Its History and Associations", 1908 (A.D. Webster)
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Source details : (M.J.Swanton)
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Source details : RCHME: ROYAL PARKS PROJECT: Greenwich Park Survey Sep-93 to Feb-94
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Round Barrow, Barrow Cemetery
Evidence : Earthwork
Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Early Saxon
Monument End Date : 649
Monument Start Date : 410
Monument Type : Inhumation Cemetery, Coffin, Barrow Cemetery
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Earthwork
Components and Objects:
Period : Early Medieval
Component Monument Type : Inhumation Cemetery, Coffin, Barrow Cemetery
Object Type : BEAD, SPEAR, KNIFE
Object Material :
Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 82423
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28893
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 37 NE 6
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Associated Monuments :
Relationship type : General association
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Relationship type : General association
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1714-01-01
End Date : 1714-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1784-01-01
End Date : 1784-12-31
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1993-09-01
End Date : 1994-02-01
Associated Activities :
Activity type : GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Start Date : 1994-02-01
End Date : 1994-02-01