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Bronze Age Barrow Plan
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End of Excavation
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Rim of inverted cremation pot - Feature LFN6
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Inside ring LFN5 viewed from the north
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LFNsf3 - One part from the bottom of LFN1 the other from the spoil heap!
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LFNsf2 - Base sherd from surface cleaning just outside smaller circle LFN5
This was a clearly visible cropmark on aerial photographs and
mostly excavated over a period of two years. The 1978-79 Interim Report and this Pitcalc Web Page give more detail of the
excavation.
The Main Ringditch - The main ring ditch (LFN1) has a narrow interruption approx. S-W.
It has an inside diameter of 15.5m and an outside diameter of 20m
Inner Ring - There was a 6m diameter inner ring ditch (LFN5) which also appears to have an "entrance" approx. S-W. Since this shallow ditch makes little sense as a drainage ditch I think it would have been a foundation trench for a small hut.
Cremation Deposits - Four patches of charcoal and burnt bone fragments were interpreted as Cremation deposits.
Roman Entrance Appears to Ignore 'Barrow' - When the fields were reoganised by the Romans they created a new field entrance which would indicate they no longer had respect of the ancient monument which they had presumably obliterared.
Inner Ring - There was a 6m diameter inner ring ditch (LFN5) which also appears to have an "entrance" approx. S-W. Since this shallow ditch makes little sense as a drainage ditch I think it would have been a foundation trench for a small hut.
Cremation Deposits - Four patches of charcoal and burnt bone fragments were interpreted as Cremation deposits.
LFN32 - Inside the small circle and possibly a primary deposit consisting of burnt animal bone fragments (pig)
and charcoal which has been Carbon dated to 1590bc (plus or minus 120) - Code Number HAR - 6391
LFN63 - Also within the small circle. Burnt bone fragments and pot sherds.
LFN6 - Inside big circle but outside smaller ring was a cremation or deposit with inverted pot rim fragments
LFN15 - Outside the big ring and close to it's 'entrance'. Burnt bone fragments and pot sherds. Mostly removed by the much later prehistoric field boundary ditch. (LFN2)
'Barrow' Side Extension - LFN23 - This shows clearly in aerial photographs and there is little doubt that it was deliberately joined with the original 'barrow' outer ring ditch. There was insufficient time for the 'gulley' ditch (LFN50) to be fully excavated but it was fully uncovered and plotted in detail. No definative dating evidence for the extension was found but the few pottery sherds recovered were Iron Age.LFN63 - Also within the small circle. Burnt bone fragments and pot sherds.
LFN6 - Inside big circle but outside smaller ring was a cremation or deposit with inverted pot rim fragments
LFN15 - Outside the big ring and close to it's 'entrance'. Burnt bone fragments and pot sherds. Mostly removed by the much later prehistoric field boundary ditch. (LFN2)
LFN50 - Half way along the east side of the 50m enclosure gulley was a very deliberate narrow interruption (LFN24) and entrance.
LFN50 - Seems unlikely to have been a drainage gulley so more likely a foundation gulley for posts.
LFN3 plus LFN50 - The small eastside entrance (LFN24) seems much too small to be the main entrance to the now enlarged enclosure. With the main 'barrow' ditch, silting up over 1000 years, we noted some hints that a new entrance was formed around the main circle entrance (main ring interuption)
Field Layout Respects 'Barrow' - When the Iron Age field system ditches were dug they respected the ancient 'barrows' space by leaving it in a field corner.LFN50 - Seems unlikely to have been a drainage gulley so more likely a foundation gulley for posts.
LFN3 plus LFN50 - The small eastside entrance (LFN24) seems much too small to be the main entrance to the now enlarged enclosure. With the main 'barrow' ditch, silting up over 1000 years, we noted some hints that a new entrance was formed around the main circle entrance (main ring interuption)
Roman Entrance Appears to Ignore 'Barrow' - When the fields were reoganised by the Romans they created a new field entrance which would indicate they no longer had respect of the ancient monument which they had presumably obliterared.