Details

The monument includes a round barrow set just below the crest of a hill, about
500m to the north of the road to Combend Manor. The barrow mound measures 35m
in diameter and is 4m high. The mound is surrounded by a ditch which has been
infilled over the years and can no longer be seen at ground level. It will,
however, survive as a buried feature about 4m wide. There is no evidence that
the barrow has been excavated in the past.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

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Reasons for Scheduling

Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments
dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most
examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as
earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple
burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often
acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar,
although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form
and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl
barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring
across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are
a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable
variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of
protection.

The barrow 830m north east of Combend Farm survives well as an impressive
mound despite limited peripheral plough damage. The barrow mound will contain
evidence for primary and secondary burials, along wth grave goods, which will
provide information about the nature of prehistoric burial rituals. It will
also preserve part of the original ground surface, predating the construction
of the barrow. The mound and surrounding ditch will also contain environmental
evidence in the form of orgainic remains, which will relate both to the barrow
and the landscape within which it was constructed.

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Sources

Books and journals
O`Neil, H E, Grinsell, L V, 'Proc of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Arch Soc' in Gloucestershire Barrows, , Vol. LXXIX, (1960), 113

Source: Historic England