More information : (SU 13587581) Tumuli (NR). (Site of). (NAT). (1)
Crawford states that the two bowl barrows were in the southern-most
plantation, SU 13077505, where two vague bumps can still be seen. The
authority for the position on OS 6" 1925 was Smith (3) who describes
them as two indistinct flat barrows in a circular plantation. (2-3)
The two barrows alleged to be situated within the southern most
plantation on Hackpen Hill (authority 2) were not positively
identified. A flat-topped mound, 8.0m in diameter by 0.6m high is
visible at SU 13047503. But at SU 13057504 and SU 13057506 are two
similar tree-covered mounds each 5.0m in diameter and 0.3m high.
Which of these three features were noted by Crawford as bowl barrows
cannot be determined.
The plantation has been formed on an area of early gravel diggings
and the disturbed nature of the ground makes an accurate assessment
of the mounds difficult.
No remains were visible within the northernmost plantation (centred
SU 13587581) at the position published on the OS 25" (1925).
Mounds surveyed at 1:2500 on AM. (4)
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