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Round Barrow, Bishton
Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 02332g
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Bishton
Unitary authority : Newport
NGR : ST38158914
Site Type (preferred type first) : Bronze Age Round barrow
Status : Scheduled Monument
Summary :
A large sub-circular mound located in a heavily grassed field N of Underwood rugby pitch, currently under rough pasture. The mound has domed top with a poorly defined perimeter; no ditch or kerb-stones are evident.diameter 17m E-W height; 0.7m
Description :
A large sub-circular mound located in a heavily grassed field N of Underwood rugby pitch, currently under rough pasture. The mound has domed top with a poorly defined perimeter; no ditch or kerb-stones are evident.
Dimensions: diameter 17m E-W height; 0.7m
(1987) The barrow is situated in a grass field, grazed by cows, sloping towards the SE, between the wood and the Leisure Centre playing fields. It is a low mound 31 by 35m, and c.1m high. It is grass covered and undisturbed. (Source 03)
GGAT 72 Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Project 2003
Sources :
Pm desc text/Evans EM/2003/GGAT 72 Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Project
06/PM Mention/Parkes LN/1968/Arch in Wales p9
01/PM List/Lillie MC/1991/Bronze Age Gwent (University of Nottingham dissertation) p62
04/PM Desc Text/Cadw/Taylor F/1991/AM107
02/MM Record Card/OS/1978/ST 38 NE 29
05/PM AP/GGAT/Owen-John H/23.8.89/A93.8-9
03/PM Desc Text/Cadw/Whittle E/1987/AM107
Events :
E007397 : Magor Road, Llanmartin, Newport (year : 2015)
Related records
National Monuments Record NPRN 93487
Compiled date : 17-02-1988
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