Monument record M2770 - BARROW CEMETERY AT OXTON

Summary

BARROW CEMETERY? (Bronze Age)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 62252 50816 (311m by 163m)
Map sheet SK65SW
District Newark
Civil Parish Oxton, Newark

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Several circles, at least 3, SW of Oxton. Also some indistinct linear features. (1) (2)
The marks are located in an arable field that is slightly undulating and has a gentle slope to the SE, and new crop was just showing through the soil when the site was visited. None of the rings could be identified on the ground and nothing significant was seen. It is felt that the features are in all probability fungus rings. (3)
Gun emplacements (circular features anyway). Army camp possibly accounts for parallel linear features also. (4)
Morph: 40.5.1: Unknown Trackway. 40.6.1-5: Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery (Group Interpretation) (5)
After much deliberation, these cropmarks are probably best interpreted as barrow ring ditches. (6)
Grid ref centred.


Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CCX 3208/34

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CCX 3208/35

<1> Pickering J, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1148.

Other Refs: 13615/8-13, 143/31 (NLAP SK 6250/1-7)

<2> Riley DN, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1194.

Other Refs: 423/7-18 (NLAP SK 6251/1, 6250/8-18)

<3> Seaman BH, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1252.

<4> Alvey B , Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT417.

<5> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.

<6> Robinson, C, 2005, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1788.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • <1> Aerial photograph: Pickering J. Air photos.
  • <2> Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
  • <3> Personal comment: Seaman BH. 1974. Pers Comm.
  • <4> Personal comment: Alvey B . Pers Comm.
  • <5> Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.
  • <6> Personal comment: Robinson, C. 2005. Pers Comm.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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