More information : (SD 89143262) Tumulus (NR) Stone Coffin found AD 1886 (NAT) (1)
'Barrow on Hameldon Hill thirty feet in diameter and four feet
above the surrounding soil. In the centre, in 1888, was found a
large stone sarcophagus, about nine feet long in the interior.
It is supposed to have been examined previously, as no remains were
found. Many flint flakes and arrowheads were found here at the same
time'. (2)
Visited 18th July 1932. Tumulus much damaged with hole scooped out
of its centre. Diameter 60feet height averaging 2feet 6 inches to
3 feet. In the central hole, four large stones may be seen which
have probably been moved a good deal. They do not look very likely
material for a cist. A very large number of white quartzite pebbles
are to be seen in this barrow. (3)
As described by authority 3
Surveyed at 1.2500 (4)
SD 8914 3262. Bowl barrow on Hameldon Pasture. Scheduled RSM
No 23721. An oval mound of earth and stones up to 0.5m high
with max dimensions of 21.5m N-S x 17m E-W. There is an irregular
shaped hollow at the centre measuring 5m x 4m x 0.3m deep,
containing two large gritstone boulders with a third a short
distance away. These are the remains of the cist c.1.8m long by
0.9m wide investigated in 1886. (5)
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