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Stumps Cross

Round Barrow(s)

Miscellaneous

English Heritage description:

Despite some disturbance in the past, the two bowl barrows known as Stumps Cross round barrows survive well.

The monument includes two bowl barrows, aligned north west-south east, set just below the crest of a hill in the Cotswolds and within two separate areas of protection. The northern barrow mound measures 20m in diameter and is 0.6m high while the barrow mound to the south measures 18m in diameter and is 0.5m high. Surrounding each mound is a ditch from which material was excavated during the construction of the barrows. These ditches are no longer visible at ground level, having become infilled over the years, but survive as buried features about 2m wide.
thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
3rd February 2012ce

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