Monument record 217/0/3 - Probable Bronze Age Round Barrow

Site of round barrow; now destroyed by quarrying

{1} Uncertain round mound earthwork. Field name: The 2 Lows. 2 tumuli called The 2 Lows

{2} An inhumation burial was found about 1910, in a sitting position on the old ground surface, in the most northerly of the two barrows published by OS, during ironstone working. Potts visited the site and recorded a round barrow 3 ft 4 ins in height and 110 ft in diameter, reduced by ploughing.

{3} Location plan.

{4} Round barrow destroyed without excavation in about 1910 during ironstone mining. It was about 33m in diameter and about 1m high, and apparently contained a crouched burial.

<1> Baker G., 1830, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.703 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77327.

<2> 1910, OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY REPORT, 56/36 (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN10500.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP53NW14 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.92 site 2 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

Record last edited

Oct 24 2023 1:44PM