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MONUMENT NO. 78163

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Bronze Age round cairn surviving as an earthwork.

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[SJ 9700 8029] Tumulus situated on the apex of a natural
mound known as Reed Hill or Reed's Piece, Sponds Hill. The barrow
was surveyed and excavated by W.J. Andrew and others in 1911 who
found a primary burial with cist and creamated bones as well as a
secondary cist, empty, which probably had contained an urn burial.
The barrow had been the subject of an excavation about 100 years
earlier.(1) Scheduled (2) (1-2)

There is no trace of a tumulus on Sponds Hill. The barrow described
is on Reed Hill at SJ 977797. (3)

A grass covered cairn at SJ 97817984, 14.0m. diam. and 0.8m. high,
with an excavation hollow on top.
Surveyed at 1/2,500. (4)

(SJ97817985) Tumulus (NR) (5)

SJ 9781 7985. Round cairn on Reed Hill. Scheduled RSM No 23609.
A slightly oval-shaped mound of partly turf-covered stones up to
1.4m high with maximum dimensions of 16m x 15m. See [SJ 98 SE 20]
for the unexcavated barrows on Sponds Hill. (6)

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( 1) General reference

Trans. L. and C.A.S. 30. 1912. 184-194 plan: sections. (W. J. Andrew)

( 2) General reference

List. Anc. Mon. Eng. and Wales 1961. 22. (MOW)

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 TPW 10-OCT-62

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 TPW 21-APR-64

( 5) General reference

OS 1/2500 1969

(6) General reference

English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 18/10/93

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