Miscellaneous

Syston Barrow (Round Hill)
Round Barrow(s)

Details of barrow on Pastscape

(SK 61631060) Tumulus (site of) (1) “A large round tumulus which I suppose Roman”. (2) A tumulus, now levelled, in which an urn, now in Leicester Museum, was found. It was situated at a place called Round Hill where the road to Barkby turned off the Fosse Way. (3) VCH has listed this item under both Roman and Bronze Age. The illustration is of a Bronze Age cinerary urn with cremation. (4) A description and illustration of the Bronze Age urn. (5) No trace of this barrow is now to be seen. The MBA urn is in Leics Museum. (6)