Monument record M8229 - Bronze Age barrow, Shelford
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 65817 41818 (276m by 262m) |
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Map sheet | SK64SE |
District | Rushcliffe |
Civil Parish | Shelford, Rushcliffe |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A ring ditch revealed as a cropmark (sited at SK 65854184 by ref to plate 1) was excavated during 1972-3. The internal diameter was about 16.0m, and the surrounding ditch 1.25m wide at the top. 2 cremations were found. A secondary burial, was in the ditch where the side and bottom were reddened by heat. It contained several calcined bones, one of which lay on a bed of charcoal. 5 flint blades were also found in the ditch. Cremation "B", presumed to be earlier, was in the exact centre in a rough rectangle 1.0 m x 1.5 m. One calcined bone lay between two layers of charcoal; a calcined broken flint flake was also found. A shallow bowl-like depression 8 cm in diameter, N of, and connected to the pit, contained two layers of charcoal. Carbon 14 tests on the charcoal gave corrected dates from 2100 to 1700 BC. (3)
See L 01799 for Neo axe.
Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.
CUCAP VK8
Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.
JAP 9521/19A
<1> Pickering J, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1148.
Other Refs: 9529/21A,22A,33A, 9521/19A, 40/48, 9581/26, 13607/9A (NLAP SK 6541/1-5,10,14)
<2> Pickering J, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1148.
Other Refs: 331/2,3, 1164/34-36 (NLAP SK 6541/26,27,34-36)
<3> Thoroton Society, 1974, TTS, pp 7-12 (Published document). SNT387.
<4> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SNT2645 Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
- --- SNT2645 Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
- <1> SNT1148 Aerial photograph: Pickering J. Air photos.
- <2> SNT1148 Aerial photograph: Pickering J. Air photos.
- <3> SNT387 Published document: Thoroton Society. 1974. TTS. 78. pp 7-12.
- <4> SNT1470 Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 19 2023 7:34PM