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Submitted by Sunny100 on Sunday, 21 November 2010  Page Views: 6184

Multi-periodSite Name: St Weonard''s Burial Mound Alternative Name: St Weonard's Tump
Country: England County: Herefordshire Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Ross on Wye  Nearest Village: St Weonards
Map Ref: SO495242
Latitude: 51.914028N  Longitude: 2.735594W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Sunny100 visited on 21st Nov 2010 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 The mound in the centre of the village is easy to find. It can't really be missed. Quite large compared to other nearby mounds. It is covered with trees and some lumps and bumps on the top.

Artificial Mound in Herefordshire

Burial mound or tumulus close to the church of St Weonard near Ross on Wye. The large tree covered mound is located on the opposite side of the road from the church. Prehistoric in origin, it was occupied in the Dark Ages and again in Medieval times. Legend says the Celtic saint Weonard is buried in the mound.

The mound or "tump" in the centre of the village dates back to the Bronze Age, but according to the Legend, in the 6th century CE it was the burial place of St Weonard (Wannarth). He was a local woodcutter turned hermit who was a follower of St Dubricius, legendary archbishop of Caerleon who crowned King Arthur there in c518. A stained-glass window in the north aisle of the church depicts St Weonard, with a long beard, holding a bible in one hand and a woodcutter's axe in the other, and the words 'Wenardus Heremita'.

Local myth and legend claims that St Weonard was buried in the mound in a golden coffin. However when the site was excavated in 1855 no gold coffin was found, although some burnt bone fragments were discovered. There is a belief, locally, that pixies live inside the mound. And in the past morris dancing took place around the tump.

There is now hardly any trace of a motte and bailey castle that was built on top of the mound sometime between the 11th-13th century.
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St Weonard's Burial Mound
St Weonard's Burial Mound submitted by alonella : View from the car park (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Weonard's Burial Mound
St Weonard's Burial Mound submitted by alonella : Follow the sign for parking for school village hall and shop and you are opposite the mound (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: St Weonard''s Burial Mound by coldrum on Sunday, 30 October 2011
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