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Details of site on Pastscape Monument No. 233832 C19th monument: on site of mutilated barrow? [SU 42388437] Monument on TUMULUS [G.T.]. (1) The Monument [to Lord Wantage] at East Lockinge, stands on the site of a barrow, but there seems to be no record of what was found when the monument was erected, or at any other time. (2) The 19th c. monument stands upon a mound 0.7 m. high. There are no traces of a surrounding ditch and it is not recognisable as a barrow. Published survey (25") revised. q.v. Lin 57 - SU 4284. (3) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE TEXT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( 1) General reference O.S. 6" 1960 ( 2) General reference Berks. A.J., 40, 1936, 38 (L.V. Grinsell) ( 3) Field Investigators Comments F1 NVQ 29-AUG-64

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