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Crugyn
Hob Uid: 105584
Location : Shropshire Bishop's Castle
Grid Ref : SO2995090050
Summary : Modern earthen mound on top of a reservoir, possibly the site of a Bronze Age round barrow.
More information : (SO 299900) Crugyn (NR) (mound shown) (1) (SO 29959005) Criggion Bank (NAT) (mound shown) (2) Crugyn: A tumulus on the boundary between Montgomery and Salop, 1 3/4 miles northeast of Bishop's Castle. (3) The only mound in this area is that depicted on the OS 6" Prov Edn. at SO 29959005, covering a hilltop water reservoir. It measures 18.0m square at the base and 6.0m square at the top, and 6.0m in height, (above true ground level). It must be presumed that the reservoir occupies the site of the orginal 'Crugyn'. (4)

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Source details : OS 1" 1st Ed 1835
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Source details : OS 1:10000 1978
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Source details : Arch Camb 3rd Ser 2 1856 90
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Source details : F1 ASP 10-AUG-79
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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
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 29 SE 21
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1979-08-10
End Date : 1979-08-10

Historic England Research Records

Crugyn