Monument record 1822/0/1 - Probable Bronze Age Round Barrow

A bowl barrow located 700m north of Woodford Mill. It is visible as a mound measuring 30m in diameter and 0.5m in height. Surrounding the mound is a quarry ditch which is visible as a slight depression.

{1} Cropmark; ring ditch; ploughed out barrow on the river flood plain with the usual pink soil; SP974759.

{2} Site visit to mound at SP97357595. Roughly circular mound, approx 30m in diameter standing to a height of 0.5m. North and west sides were indistinct; south and east sides are demarcated by a low scarp. Localised flooding at lower side suggesting the presence of a partly encircling ditch. Probably barrow recorded by Hall and Hutchings.

<1> Brown, A E (ed), 1972, Bulletin of the Northamptonshire Federation of Archaeological Societies, p.10 (checked) (Journal). SNN58344.

<2> CADMAN G.E., 1991, SMR Report Form, (unchecked) (SMR Report Form). SNN50104.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<4> Scheduled Monument Notification, English Heritage Schedule Entry 07/04/1997 (Note). SNN113001.

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Jun 7 2022 3:05PM