Information for record number MWA4969:
Probable Round Barrow N of Griff Hill Granite Quarry

Summary The site of a possible Bronze Age round barrow, a mound surrounded by a ditch, usually used to conceal a burial. The site lies 200m north of Griff Quarry.
What Is It?  
Type: Round Barrow, Barrow
Period: Bronze Age (2600 BC - 601 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 36 89
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Possible round barrow located by B Waite.
2 A contour created Middle Bronze Age round barrow similar to many of those around Wolvey. Flints both around and on top of the mound.
3 Dating given as Bronze Age.
4 A slight mound shows on Lidar at this location.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Possible BA round barrow, Nuneaton and Bedworth
Author/originator: Waite B
Date: 1988
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Source No: 4
Source Type: LIDAR
Title: Environment Agency LIDAR (2008-2014)
Author/originator: Environment Agency
Date: 2008-2014?
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Plan
Title: Plan
Author/originator: Waite B
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Aggregates Assessment
Author/originator: Stuart Palmer
Date: 2006
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Glossary

 
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period Bronze Age About 2500 BC to 700 BC

The Bronze Age comes after the Neolithic period and before the Iron Age.

The day to day life of people in the Bronze Age probably changed little from how their ancestors had lived during the Neolithic period. They still lived in farmsteads, growing crops and rearing animals.

During the Bronze Age people discovered how to use bronze, an alloy of tin and copper (hence the name that has given to this era). They used it to make their tools and other objects, although they continued to use flint and a range of organic materials as well. A range of bronze axes, palstaves and spears has been found in Warwickshire.
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monument BARROW * Artificial mound of earth, turf and/or stone, normally constructed to contain or conceal burials. Use specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument DITCH * A long and narrow hollow or trench dug in the ground, often used to carry water though it may be dry for much of the year. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back
monument QUARRY * An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. back
monument MOUND * A natural or artificial elevation of earth or stones, such as the earth heaped upon a grave. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ROUND BARROW * Hemispherical mound surrounded by a ditch (or occasionally two or more concentric ditches), often accompanied by an external (or occasionally internal) bank. Mound and ditch may sometimes be separated by a berm. Use specific type where known. back

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