Pole Cottage

Round Barrow(s)
SO41119388

Nearest town:

Church Stretton (4km ENE)

OS reference:

SO41119388

OS sheet:

137

Latitude:

52° 32' 21.1 N

Longitude:

2° 52' 6.19 W

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Images (5)
Miscellaneous (1)

Images

Image of Pole Cottage (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

Image credit: A. Brookes (19.11.2022)

thesweetcheat Dec 10, 2023

Image of Pole Cottage (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

The barrow is densely covered in heather. Looking ESE.

Image credit: A. Brookes (19.11.2022)

thesweetcheat Dec 10, 2023

Image of Pole Cottage (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

Looking south. There are lots of barrows along the Long Mynd ridge. The high hills on the distant skyline to the right of centre are the mountains of Radnor Forest.

Image credit: A. Brookes (19.11.2022)

thesweetcheat Dec 10, 2023

Image of Pole Cottage (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

The top of the barrow shows a central excavation pit. Looking towards The Stiperstones.

Image credit: A. Brookes (19.11.2022)

thesweetcheat Dec 10, 2023

Image of Pole Cottage (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

The barrow in skyline profile, seen from the east.

Image credit: A. Brookes (19.11.2022)

thesweetcheat Dec 10, 2023

Articles

Pole Cottage

Round Barrow(s)

thesweetcheat Dec 5, 2023

English Heritage description:

The monument includes the remains of a substantial round barrow situated on a flat open hilltop. The barrow is visible as a flat topped mound of earth and stone, 24m in diameter and up to 1.5m high. The summit of the mound has been disturbed by exploration at some time in the past, creating a central crater 5m in diameter and 0.6m deep. Although no longer discernible as a surface feature, a ditch, from which material was quarried during the construction of the monument, surrounds the mound. This has become infilled over the years but survives as a buried feature some 2m wide.

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