Monument record MDO390 - Bowl barrow in Seven Barrow Plantation, Bradford Peverell

Bowl barrow in Seven Barrow Plantation, Bradford Peverell. In 1952 this monument was recorded as being 63 feet in diameter and 6 feet high, with a ditch. The middle has been disturbed.

A group of barrows and mounds in Seven Barrow Plantation: (2) 'G' - (SY 64729243). Bowl barrow, 63 ft diameter and 6 ft high with hollow centre and traces of ditch. (RCHM No 12f; Grinsell's Bradford Peverell bowl barrow No 18). The area in which these barrows lie is so densely covered with trees and undergrowth that it could only be penetrated in part. Mounds 'D','E','F','G','L', and 'M' appear to be bowl barrows and 'C' a long barrow. (4) An unusual barrow group situated near the crest of a broad south-west spur. The undergrowth which formerly obscured the group and limited investigation has been removed and the north-west half of the area completely cleared of woodland. This part is regularly used as a cattle pen with the consequence that severe damage is incurred by their trampling, especially to the lower monuments. See plan and ground photographs. 'G'. SY 64729243. A bowl barrow with an east to west diameter of about 16.0 metres and 18.0 metres from north to south, with unsurveyable traces of a surrounding ditch. The mound is 1.8 metres high. The top and base are slightly square in plan, the sides gently curving to well rounded corners. Barrows surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. Part of the barrows and mounds in Seven Barrow Plantation; 12 in number and they are much overgrown. Bowl Barrow, 63ft. In diam and 6ft. High, with a ditch; the middle has been disturbed. <1> This barrow was 21 paces in diameter and 6 feet in height.D H/C Measurements of sites 1-18 are from RCHM records. <3>

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