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Image Credit: Carol27 Posted by carol27 15th March 2016ce Edited 15th March 2016ce |
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| That's a very striking feature. The HER mentions an urn but doesn't mention any barrow still being there, which is surprising if this is the barrow with all that stonework around the edges: it just says "funerary urn found hereabouts". It looks as though the area has been very heavily landscaped with the golf course and various reservoirs. |
Posted by thesweetcheat15th March 2016ce |
| Its a wonderful feature and lucky it survives. No mention of these fine kerbs, unbelievable :-( |
Posted by drewbhoy16th March 2016ce |
| Hello. Yes I was chuffed to see it. The circular thing in front of the mound is known as the Tank. It's got a bronze disc on it pointing out various landscape features. It's a great look out point. We used to go there lots as youngsters to hang out. I'd never even registered the tumulus; what an ignoramus:). It's a bit untidy with cans, rubbish strewn about. The whole back / side area has a huge dug out hole; don't know what that's about. There are two more mound like bumps on your way up to it. There's also a big rectangular slab of concrete on the top of it. Not cherished then. |
Posted by carol27 16th March 2016ce |
| Any chance it's the grassed over platform than the old iron water tank used to stand on? |
Posted by thelonious16th March 2016ce |
| Oh yes, the concrete bit; yes of course, & the big hole behind the hill looks like a land collapse rather than dug out. My bloody memory is shocking at times, what a numpty; that's why the circular info thing is called the tank! |
Posted by carol27 16th March 2016ce |
| The concrete slab is to the side of the mound, not on top of it as I wrote yesterday & is very clear, that is not grassed over; that's where the water tank was I realise:) |
Posted by carol27 16th March 2016ce |
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Some info about the urn. Looks a fine view from top. http://northernantiquarian.forumotion.net/t155-revidge-hill-burial-mound-blackburn-sd-674-293 |
Posted by thelonious 16th March 2016ce |
| I'm inclined to think this mound isn't a barrow but is something to do with the water tank. The records all seem to point to the urn but nothing else, it's difficult to imagine that a big upstanding barrow surrounded by a complete kerb would have gone unnoticed to the urn finders. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 16th March 2016ce |
| Thanks Thelonius. I'm starting to get very puzzled by the "mound" now. The quarry working explains the probable land collapse now evident. How do I get it looked at professionally? |
Posted by carol27 16th March 2016ce |
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