Barrow C300m N Of Upper Darnford

• HER Number (PRN): 00218
• Site Name : Barrow C300m N Of Upper Darnford
• Protected Status:

  Grade:
  Ref No.:	1016821
  Title:	Bowl barrow
  Type:	Scheduled Monument

• Monument Type:
  • Bowl Barrow (Bronze Age)
• Civil Parish:
  • Smethcott , Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
• Grid Reference: SO 4275 9740
• Related Interventions:
  • 1992-2000 Summary Condition Survey of SAMs in the Shropshire Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area by English Heritage, esa4785
  • 1972 field observation by the Ordnance Survey, ESA193
• Brief Description: Scheduled Monument: A well-preserved burial mound of probable Bronze Age date, in a prominent position in the landscape, and one of a number in the area of the Long Mynd.
• Description: Possible cairns: (A) ..a roughly circular heap of stones 30ft diameter.. (See SA 1899 for the other) <1a>
  A probable cairn situated on a slight rise of pastureland, with a diameter of 11m and a max height of 1m. OS FI 1972 <1>
  
  Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Medium score as one of 93 Bowl Barrows <2>
  
  Scheduled in 1999. Scheduling description: ->
  
  -> The monument includes the earthwork and buried remains of a Bronze Age bowl barrow, located approximately 100m south of an ancient routeway known as The Port Way. It is situated at the top of a steep south west facing slope, with the ground also sloping gently to the north west. From this location there are extensive views of the surrounding countryside, notably Wildmoor to the south and the Darnford Brook valley to the west. ->
  
  -> The barrow mound is constructed of earth and stone. It is about 22m in diameter and survives to a height of 0.7m. Although no longer visible at ground level, a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the barrow survives as a buried feature, approximately 3m wide <3>
  
  Visited during a condition survey by the English Heritage Field Monument Warden, in 2000. Condition recorded as fair. <4>
• Record Type: Monument
• Sources:

  (00)	Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 00218.
  (01)	Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1977. Ordnance Survey Record Card SO49NW8. Ordnance Survey record cards. SO49NW8.
  (01a)	Map annotation: Chitty Lily F. 1949. Map annotation by OS Correspondent. 1:10560.
  (02)	TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File.
  (03)	Scheduled Monument notification: English Heritage. 1999. Scheduling Papers (New Scheduling, 07/07/1999). 32283.
  (04)	Field survey report: Leigh Judith. 2001. Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the Shropshire Hills ESA: Brief Condition Survey.

• Tags:
  • Bowl Barrow
• Related Places:
  • Smethcott, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire (Civil Parish)
• For more information contact: Shropshire Council HER
• Date Created: 28/02/1979
• Date Last Edited: 06/11/2015 16:26:48