Monument record 497/0/1 - Possible Prehistoric Round Barrow

{1} Lilbourne is just a mile east of the Watling Street and about the same distance from Catthorpe, supposed to represent the Roman Tripontium. Near this part of the road are several tumuli, probably sepulchral, but there is one on a high ridge between Lilbourne and the Street road which seems of a different character called "Round Hill" [ie the medieval motte Mon 424/1/1]. …. Outside the ditch [moat], to the south-east, is a smaller and apparently sepulchral tumulus.

{2} No trace of the mound today.

{3} Fieldname: Round Hill and Reeves Hill Ground.

{4} Little evidence of the prehistoric periods is evident throughout Lilbourne and its immediate environs, although the remains of a possible barrow situated c.300m to the north-east of the site exists and forms part of the medieval castle’s defences.

<1> 1878, The Archaeological Journal (35), p.119 (checked) (Journal). SNN287.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.126 site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> 1932, Fieldnames Overlays (general-needs sorting out into OS quarter sheets), (unchecked) (Map). SNN10076.

<4> Williams S., 2010, Night Owl Truck Stop, Watling Street, Rugby: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment, p.4 (checked) (Report). SNN109621.

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Sep 18 2014 4:25PM