Possible round barrow at Burgess Street and New Street: gazetteer record based on antiquarian discovery, 1993
A possible round barrow was recorded from an antiquarian account of a cist or grave beneath a mound, containing burnt human bone, black earth and wood ash. The interpretation remains uncertain because the original discovery was not archaeologically recorded.
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The gazetteer records a possible round barrow on the basis of an early discovery reported by Jonathan Williams. A roughly 1.2 m square grave or cist beneath the mound reportedly contained burnt human bone, black earth and wood ash; the interpretation remains uncertain because the evidence is antiquarian.
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The investigation details are drawn from Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club; the original publication or report remains the authoritative source.
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Possible round barrow at Burgess Street and New Street: gazetteer record based on antiquarian discovery, 1993
Site/monument · 1993
A possible round barrow was recorded from an antiquarian account of a cist or grave beneath a mound, containing burnt human bone, black earth and wood ash. The interpretation remains uncertain because the original discovery was not archaeologically recorded.
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