| Summary : Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow. It was excavated in 1911-12 by Bushe-Fox, who found potsherds, including some of collared urns, and a quantity of worked flints, some of them Mesolithic in date. No certain burial deposit was located, although it was suggested that some charcoal deposits might represent secondary burials. Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1954 described the barrow as an earthwork mound 10 metres in diameter and 1 metre high. |
More information : (SZ 17199069) (One of group of four) Tumuli (NR) (1)
Round barrow of gravel and sand, about 42 ft Diam and 2 ft high.
Fully excavated 1911-12. Fragments of several small pots (one
certainly of an overhanging-rim urn, and another probably) was
found in it, but nothing to suggest a burial. There was also a
'fair number' of worked flints (described). (2)
A mutilated heather-covered mound. Diam 10.0m, Ht 1.0m. (3)
No change. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (4)
Barrow 6 (Bushe Fox Barrow III) A barrow 12.8m in diameter, 1.2m high. Bushe Fox gave very little detail about his excavations on this barrow. No central burial was located, but charcoal deposits within the south east sector are thought to represent secondary burials. At least two collared urns were recovered, one is of Longworth's Primary Series, form IV. Mesolithic flint including a borer and possible fabricator were also recovered, and also a core and scraper of uncertain date. (5) |