Round barrow (Netherton with Biddlestone)
(NT 99600615) Tumulus. (OE) (1)
About 350 yards west of the Wreigh Burn close to the boundary between Trewhitt and Burradon, and on the Trewitt side of it, is an oval mound measuring about 60 yards by 30 yards. It is probably an ancient tumulus. (2)
(Quotes authority 2. but gives the dimensions as 60 yards square). (3)
Three cists with fragments of two beakers (type doubtful) and 7 or 8 flint flakes found at Low Trewhitt in 1908. (Present location not given). (4)
The mound, orientated east-west, stands to 10 or 11 feet in height, and is of an indefinite outline. Upon excavation in 1908, the tumulus was found to be a natural mound artificially heightened with soil.
The westerly cist was well-constructed and enclosed remains of an unburnt burial; the central cist was small and contained an urn, which was filled with earth. It fell to pieces, but has been reassembled. It is 6-3/4ins high and is decorated with dotted lines and plain incisions all over; the easterly cist was the most roughly constructed one, with a very massive cover slab. It was filled with earth like the others, and in the upper portion were found a few fragments of unburnt bones.
The two outside cists contained many small pieces of charcoal and numbers of stones which had been exposed to fire.
In the western cist, seven or eight small flints were obtained, also a small fragment of pottery, similar in type and colour to the urn found, though its more finely incised ornamentation differs slightly in design.
There seemed to be no indications of a primary burial among the three found. (5)
A large naturally-formed turf-covered mound is situated on the north side of a large pasture field which slopes to the north-east. The mound, which has a very regular profile and shows no traces of artificial heightening, is approx 60m in length by 25m in width. It has a maximum height of 3m and is orientated north-east and south-west. The top of the mound has been disturbed by excavations. There are no traces of a retaining circle or a ditch. The present location of the cists, beakers and flint flakes has not been ascertained. (6)
Published survey (25 inch) of mound revised. (7)
About 350 yards west of the Wreigh Burn close to the boundary between Trewhitt and Burradon, and on the Trewitt side of it, is an oval mound measuring about 60 yards by 30 yards. It is probably an ancient tumulus. (2)
(Quotes authority 2. but gives the dimensions as 60 yards square). (3)
Three cists with fragments of two beakers (type doubtful) and 7 or 8 flint flakes found at Low Trewhitt in 1908. (Present location not given). (4)
The mound, orientated east-west, stands to 10 or 11 feet in height, and is of an indefinite outline. Upon excavation in 1908, the tumulus was found to be a natural mound artificially heightened with soil.
The westerly cist was well-constructed and enclosed remains of an unburnt burial; the central cist was small and contained an urn, which was filled with earth. It fell to pieces, but has been reassembled. It is 6-3/4ins high and is decorated with dotted lines and plain incisions all over; the easterly cist was the most roughly constructed one, with a very massive cover slab. It was filled with earth like the others, and in the upper portion were found a few fragments of unburnt bones.
The two outside cists contained many small pieces of charcoal and numbers of stones which had been exposed to fire.
In the western cist, seven or eight small flints were obtained, also a small fragment of pottery, similar in type and colour to the urn found, though its more finely incised ornamentation differs slightly in design.
There seemed to be no indications of a primary burial among the three found. (5)
A large naturally-formed turf-covered mound is situated on the north side of a large pasture field which slopes to the north-east. The mound, which has a very regular profile and shows no traces of artificial heightening, is approx 60m in length by 25m in width. It has a maximum height of 3m and is orientated north-east and south-west. The top of the mound has been disturbed by excavations. There are no traces of a retaining circle or a ditch. The present location of the cists, beakers and flint flakes has not been ascertained. (6)
Published survey (25 inch) of mound revised. (7)
N1115
Bronze Age (2600BC to 700BC)
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EXCAVATION, Marden Knowe, Low Trewitt 1908; BATE, D M A
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; A S Phillips
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