Close-up of the recent damage to the southern member of this group of barrows. The earth has been removed from about 1 foot outside the ditch to about 2 feet inside the bowl, but in the bowl does not go down as far as surrounding ground level. There is no sign of any man-made material. Given the growth of only a couple of little grasses, I think this was done in January or February 2009.
The southern member of the group with that strange chunk dug out of it...
The northwest member of the group, also the largest at about 5 foot high and about 14 foot diameter.
Two barrows on the East side of the group, looking towards the road. Shallow and narrow ditches are visible, right up against the bowls.
Fascinating group of four very small and very well-preserved bowl barrows. I wonder if they might be pagan Saxon; I shall have to delve into the records and get back to y’all on that. One of them (the southernmost) has had a big chunk of ditch and the outside edge of the mound dug away fairly recently. Why? Where has the spoil gone?
