Monument record 1179/0/1 - Probable Prehistoric Round Barrow, Ham Meadow

A slight mound, said to be 72 feet in diameter, observed in Ham Meadow, Passenham, on the flood plain of the Great Ouse. A later reference to a mound 3 metres in diameter may be to the same mound, though the size disparity is not explained.

{1} Undated round mound observed as cropmark. A light-coloured solid circle observed at SP77783935. Probable round barrow.

{2} During survey the base of a circular tumulus 72ft in diameter was ascertained by levels. It has been eroded almost to invisibility by flooding. Fieldname: Ham Meadow.

{3} Mound (SP 777393), lies immediately S of Passenham, on the flood-plain of the Great Ouse, on alluvium at 66 m. above OD. The mound is circular, 3 m. in diam. and less than 1 m. No date or function can be assigned to it.

{4} Prehistoric burial mound, gravel islands and later earthworks, evaluation directed by B Dix.

{8} A light coloured solid circular cropmark at SP 77783935

{9} No surface remains

{10} Identification of the smaller mound recorded by auth 4 with that recorded by auth 1 is not certain. Check the RAF photographs for confirmation.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP73NE7 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> 1958, Wolverton and District Archaeological Newsletter, p.5 (unchecked) (Newsletter). SNN26389.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.110/Site 12 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77382.

<4> Dix B., 1992, Recent Work in Northamptonshire Archaeology, p.123 (checked) (Article). SNN104441.

<5> Dix B.N., 1991, Archaeological Evaluation at Passenham in Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Full Report). SNN1381.

<6> Pike A. (Editor), 1991, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (21), p.64-5 (unchecked) (Newsletter). SNN2091.

<7> Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit, 1991, Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit Report for 1990, p.24 (unchecked) (Annual Report). SNN4329.

<8> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections. NCCAP: SP7739/001+SP7839/001 (unchecked) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<9> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, 27/OCT (Note). SNN111452.

<10> LEE, E S., 1991, RCHME Recorder, 13/Nov (Note). SNN114837.

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Feb 17 2025 7:56PM