Monument record RBY 004 - Round Barrow. (BA)

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Summary

Round Barrow.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 7761 6789 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TL76NE
Civil Parish RISBY, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Round Barrow.
1869: 18.3m diameter, 1.5m high. ? Primary, central contracted inhumation in shallow grave. Four other undated secondary inhumations. Cremation in collared urn.
1959: Circa 18.3m diameter, 0.9m high, ploughed. Flint pick and blade only found. Possible chalk curb.
1976: Ploughed, nothing visible.
1977: Diameter 30m, maximum height 1m. Ploughed. (OS 1977). Destroyed by road on SW side (R1).
See also IA, RBY 003.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <S1> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL76NE2.
  • <S1> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
  • <R1> (No record type): Greenwell W, Examination of Suffolk Tumuli - Risby, Quart J Suffolk Inst Archaeol, 1869, 37.
  • <R2> (No record type): Fox C, Archaeology of Cambridge Region, 33.
  • <R3> (No record type): Edwardson A R, Further excavations on tumuli at Risby, 1959, PSIA 28, pt 2, (1959), 153-60.
  • <R4> (No record type): Lawson, A.J., Martin, E. & Priddy, D.. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. Lawson A J, Martin E A & Priddy D, The Barrows of East Anglia, EAA 12, 1981.

Finds (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (4)

Record last edited

Apr 30 2022 2:01AM

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