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Plumberow Mount
Hob Uid: 419159
Location : Essex Rochford Hockley
Grid Ref : TQ8398093830
Summary : Probable burial mound of uncertain date. Excavation in 1913 revealed a Roman coin and pottery, some Saxon pottery possibly representing a secondary burial. The mound is 4m high, and oval in plan with diameters of 23m by 18m. The top is flattened representing the former position of a summerhouse.
More information : TQ 83989383. Plumberow Mount (NAT). (1) Plumberow Mount thought to be a barrow, is circular, 14ft high and about 76ft in diameter. Excavation by Mr E.B Francis in 1913 (2), though inconclusive, produced a coin of Domitian, much Roman and some Saxon pottery thought to represent a secondary inhumation (3). (2-4) Additional references. (5,6) Scheduled. (7) Listed by Cathcart King as a barrow converted to a motte. (8)

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Source details : OS 1:10 000 1973
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Source details : Francis EB, 1915
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
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Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Early Medieval
Monument End Date : 1066
Monument Start Date : 410
Monument Type : Cremation, Findspot
Evidence : Find, Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Motte
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
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Monument End Date : 1997
Monument Start Date : 1901
Monument Type : Summerhouse
Evidence : Demolished Building

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Barrow, Mound
Evidence : Earthwork

Components and Objects:

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : COIN, VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Period : Early Medieval
Component Monument Type : Cremation, Findspot
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : EX 35
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 29397
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 89 SW 3
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1913-01-01
End Date : 1913-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1997-01-01
End Date : 1997-12-31

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Plumberow Mount