Monument record 1344/0/6 - Possible Round Barrow

Cropmarks of a ring ditch were recorded on air photographs taken in 1982. Prior to this in the 1920's, a tumulus had been recorded during excavation work in advance of gravel digging, which left no obviuos remains of the mound. It is possibly a Bronze Age round barrow.

{1} Earthwork; possible Bronze Age round barrow measuring 40m in diameter, quarried in 1929. Some excavation took place but no records survive. SP96147045

{3} Possible Bronze Age overhanging rim urn was found; now lost.

{4} Probably the same urn as that referred to on 1344/1/4; G Foard.

{5} Tumulus was levelled in 1924; " An extensive tumulus being about 120 yards in circumference but only about 10ft in height".

{6} (SP 96147044) Tumulus (LB)

{10} Tumulus removed in 1924 followed by gravel digging in 1929. Dr Robb of Irthlingborough carried out some rescue excavation.

{11} Dr Robb is now dead, and no report of his excavation can be traced. The whole of this area has been quarried for gravel, there are no remains of a mound.

No evidence of finds from the excavation could be obtained.

{12} (SP 961705). Cropmarks, a ring ditch was recorded on AP in 1982.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.78/Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<3> 1900, OS 25 INCH MAP, (unchecked) (Map). SNN37333.

<4> FOARD G.R., 1982, Oral Report to SMR, (unchecked) (Oral Report). SNN51090.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP97SE14 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<6> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 6" 1924/38 (Map). SNN112944.

<7> Mawer, B.J., Bronze Age Urn from Stanwick, Northants, (checked) (Illustration). SNN54328.

<8> COLE J., 1838, The History and Antiquities of Higham Ferrers (With Notes on Rushden and Irthlingborough), (unchecked) (Book). SNN71019.

<9> Northampton Museum Records, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN126.

<10> Annotated Record Map, Corr 6" 15.5.50 (H C R Frost inf G A Betts Redlands Farm, Stanwick) (Map). SNN112961.

<11> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, F1 JB 26-NOV-69 (Note). SNN111452.

<12> Foard G.; Richardson D., 1983, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1982 (Aerial Photography), p. 182 (Notes). SNN100412.

Record last edited

Oct 6 2023 9:54AM