Site Event/Activity record ECH6758 - Field Visit to Possible Barrow East of Duke's Drive

Low mound like earthwork at least partially composed of rough irregular shaped blocks of sandstone. Probable disturbance has resulted in a crescent shape, though this may also be due to the addition of a crescent of sandstone to the top of the low earthwork. Four Scott’s Pines have been planted on the earthwork. The surrounding ridge and furrow earthworks (11211/1) appear to respect the low earthwork. The relationship with the ridge and furrow earthworks suggests that this feature predates it. The place-name evidence (see 1, 2 & 3) lends support to the interpretation of the feature as a Bronze Age barrow. However, it is clear that, if this interpretation is correct, the earthwork has been altered, presumably when the pines were planted, to enhance or utilise the feature as part of the parkland (CHER 1969/3/0).