Monument record M4443 - Bronze Age Bowl Barrow, Perlethorpe cum Budby
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 62181 70874 (50m by 48m) |
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Map sheet | SK67SW |
District | Newark |
Civil Parish | Perlethorpe cum Budby, Newark |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
In Budby, in the field to the NW of Thoresby Park gates is a mound 4-5ft high and c 17yds in diameter. It stands on high ground with no trace of a surrounding ditch. (1)
Mound about 22yds in diameter. Faint traces of ditch but this may have been caused by the plough (ploughed round and sown by winter wheat). 5ft 8in high with clump of scotch firs growing on top. (2)
At above grid ref is a grass covered mound holding a small copse. The feature which has been extensively burrowed by rabbits has a max diameter of 23.2m and a max height of 1.6m; there is no ditch. Thoresby Estate Office have no knowledge of the origin of the mound and there is no known field name. Now pasture surrounded, the topographical situation and present appearance suggest it to be a bowl barrow. (3)
Fine barrow on a crest overlooking the western dry valley. 7m diameter by 1.75m high covered in grass and fir trees, near the end of their lives. Possible further barrows along this ridge showing as cropmarks in the ripening corn. (4)
Morph: 58.7.1 Bronze Age Bowl Barrow (cropmark & earthwork) (5)
<1> Thoroton Society, 1939, TTS, 7 (Published document). SNT356.
<2> DOE, AM7 - undated, no author (Unpublished document). SNT52.
<3> Colquhoun FD, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT582.
<4> Hart CR, 1984, AM107 (Unpublished document). SNT754.
<5> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SNT356 Published document: Thoroton Society. 1939. TTS. 43. 7.
- <2> SNT52 Unpublished document: DOE. AM7 - undated, no author.
- <3> SNT582 Personal comment: Colquhoun FD. 1974. Pers Comm.
- <4> SNT754 Unpublished document: Hart CR. 1984. AM107.
- <5> SNT1470 Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.
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Record last edited
Jan 19 2023 7:34PM