Monument record M22 - Cuckoo Bush Mound, Gotham

Summary

ROUND BARROW? (Bronze Age)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 53436 28786 (41m by 44m)
Map sheet SK52NW
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Gotham, Rushcliffe

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

At Court Hill, a central spot on high land, is a well defined tumulus called the Cuckoo Bush, surrounded by a shallow ditch. (Suggests this was the barrow at "Gotham" opened by Bateman in 1847, but that was in Derbys). (1)
Mound, possibly a barrow. 20m diameter, 1.5m high, ditched. (2)
The only probable tumulus known to this investigator adjacent to Gotham, to which the above report might apply, is "Cuckoo Bush", which is very overgrown so that any surface indication of an early excavation cannot now be seen. (3)


<1> VCH, 1906, Notts, p 315 (Published document). SNT1383.

<2> Posnansky, 1956, Some considerations on the Pleistocene Chronology and Prehistory of Part of the East Midlands - Phd Thesis, p 356 (Unpublished document). SNT1153.

<3> Colquhoun FD, 1975, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT583.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Published document: VCH. 1906. Notts. 1. p 315.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Posnansky. 1956. Some considerations on the Pleistocene Chronology and Prehistory of Part of the East Midlands - Phd Thesis. p 356.
  • <3> Personal comment: Colquhoun FD. 1975. Pers Comm.

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Protected Status/Designation

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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