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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hoon mount platformed bowl barrowCountry: England
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County: Derbyshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Derby Nearest Village: Hatton
Map Ref: SK23003182
Latitude: 52.883353N Longitude: 1.659655W
Condition:
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| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Plaque inscription on Trig point
Is the only obvious survival from the group of barrows (burial mounds) which gave Hoon its name, derived from the word "haugum" meaning "at the barrows". No excavations of this well-prepared barrow are recorded and it is uncertain to which period of history it belongs. It may belong to the Late Bronze Age c2400-1500BC, or it may be an example of the much rarer Anglo Saxon or Viking burial mounds of the 7th-9th centuries AD.
As with South Derbyshire's other important collections of barrows at Ingleby and Swarkestone, Hoon Mount is deliberately situated on a prominent vantage point. It is likely that it was constructed for the burial of a single important person, but later "secondary" interments often followed.
Across the valley to the south west you will see the ruins of Tutbury Castle, which was held for the King in the Civil War and surrendered in April 1646 after a siege by Sir John Gell. The Arts and Crafts style house close at hand to the south east is known as Hoon Ridge built in 1907 for E.A.J. Maynard JP.
South Derbyshire District Council, 2001
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