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Monument Number 10424
Hob Uid: 10424
Location : Cumbria Eden Hutton
Grid Ref : NY3967025380
Summary : A bowl barrow on Great Mell Fell; a circular mound of earth and stone 8.5m in diameter and 0.8m high. Surrounding the barrow there is a shallow ditch measuring up to 2.5m wide and 0.2m deep.
More information : (NY 39682537) Tumulus (NR) (1) Tumulus on Great Mell Fell consisting of a low flat mound, circa 22ft in diameter and about 2 ft high, incorporating a retaining kerb of stones. On top is a modern cairn which marks on OS trig point. The mound is surrounded by a ditch 6 or 7 ins deep and circa 3 ft wide. (2) The remains of a possible disc barrow. Surveyed at 1:2500. (3) NY 396255. Round barrow on Great Mell Fell, scheduled. (4) NY 39672538 Bowl barrow on Great Mell Fell. A circular mound of earth and stone 8.5m in diameter and 0.8m high. Surrounding the barrow there is a shallow ditch measuring up to 2.5m wide and 0.2m deep that is separated from the mound by a berm approximately 5m wide. A rare example in Cumbria of a bowl barrow where the mound is separated from the ditch by a berm; scheduled. (5) The barrow was visible on vertical air photographs, so only part of the outer ditch was discernable. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1956
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Source details : Trans Cumberland and Westmorland Antiq and Archaeol Soc 23 1923 pp113-4 plan (W D Anderson)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : F1 BHP 09-JUN-71
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : DOE(IAM)Anc Mons England 1 1978 p10
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : English Heritage SAM Amendment 3.3.94
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : NMR OS 70190 537 03-JUN-1970
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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 : Bowl Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CU 87
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 23686
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 32 NE 1
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1971-06-09
End Date : 1971-06-09

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2001-06-01
End Date : 2001-12-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 10424