More information : TR 03314960 Long, low mound in Forestry Commission land Wye Forest, on the top of the Downs. (1)
Surveyed at 1:2500. (2)
Long mound of earth with a mixture of flints on southern spur of
Soakham Downs, on chalk capped by clay with flints at about 550ft OD.
Orientated approximately ESE-WNW, it measures 75m in length: 11m in
width and 1.7m in height at the E end; 9m in width and 1.0m in height
at the W end. No evidence of ditches to be seen. Trench (? excavation dug transversely across mound 18m from W end. Flank of mound higher and steeper on S side, lower on N side. Under re-afforestation.
Orientation and appearance suggest a long barrow, but apparent absence of ditches, and difference in lateral heights of mound unusual, and preclude positive classification. (3)
Boughton Aluph, a long barrow south-east of Jackets Field, scheduled.
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