THE ROUNDHILL

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The remains of a Bronze Age barrow which is known from documentary sources to have been the subject of excavation.

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[ST 6900 5616] TUMULUS [G.T.] (1)

A Bronze Age round barrow, known locally as the Roundhill, was excavated by Skinner in 1815 by means of a horizontal shaft driven into the centre at ground level. This revealed that a hole had previously been sunk into the centre to 4 ft. below natural ground level, and the burials removed. Charcoal was found extending horizontally about 20 ft. from the centre. A broken whetstone and a human thigh bone were also found.

Cuttings were made at the north and south of this barrow in 1950, by the Camerton Excavation Club, to detemine if there had been a surrounding ditch - but with negative results. (2-3)

This is an exceptionally high barrow with a maximum height of 6.8m. Its profile is very sharp and there is no trace of Skinner's, or the earlier, excavation.

Re-surveyed at 1:2500. (4)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" prov 1961

( 2) General reference

Excavations at Camerton, Somerset, 1958, pp 28/9, illus, (W. J. Wedlake)

( 3) The archaeological news letter

(W. J. Wedlake) 3 no11, 1951 Page(s)178

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 GHP 03-DEC-65

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