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<< Our Photo Pages >> Shrewsbury Tumulus - Round Barrow(s) in England in Greater London

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shrewsbury Tumulus
Country: England County: Greater London Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Woolwich
Map Ref: TQ439771  Landranger Map Number: 177
Latitude: 51.474567N  Longitude: 0.070602E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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
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Shrewsbury Tumulus
Shrewsbury Tumulus submitted by Ironside : Image from Greenwich Council website. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Next to a road junction in the middle of a South London housing estate can be found a Bronze-Age era burial mound. Other than a sign announcing the fact, and that it’s fenced off, this would otherwise look like an ordinary municipal park, albeit with a big mound in it, but this is ancient heritage.

This part of London is known to have had a cluster of six burial mounds. Three of them formed a linear group, with the remaining two possibly forming or contributing to a second group. The barrows would have been located at the ‘false horizon’ position where they could be seen silhouetted against the sky from the foot of the hill. Maps show that in the mid C19 the barrow stood within the grounds of the mid-C19 Tower House, and it is illustrated with a ring of trees – only some of which remain.

Before the area was filled with houses, it was the estate of the Earls of Shrewsbury, whose 18th-century mansion, Shrewsbury House, was replaced in 1923 by a new house of the same name, now a library and community centre.

The grounds of Shrewsbury House were leased for an LCC Open Air School from 1908 and in 1928 the LCC purchased part of the grounds for public open space, which became Shrewsbury Park. In the 1930s remaining areas of the former grounds were developed for housing, notably John Laing and Son’s Shrewsbury Park Estate, designed on Garden City principles.

Just the one burial mound survived, now called Shrewsbury Tumulus after the nearby mansion house.

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Re: Shrewsbury Tumulus by coldrum on Sunday, 11 April 2010
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Re: Shrewsbury Tumulus by Anonymous on Monday, 27 November 2006
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Hi I have not long moved to a road near the Shrewsbury Tumulus & was interested in the history of this mound, can anyone please give anymore information about the Shrewsbury Tumulus,
It would be gladly appreciated.

Thanks
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Re: Shrewsbury Tumulus by DaveT on Wednesday, 30 August 2006
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The only other one of the six original tumuli that may still be on undeveloped land is in the nearby Shrewsbury Park (Described by A.H.Bagnold in one of his many books). it's location within the park however has been lost. How do you loose a burial mound? maybe they were just really small...
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Re: Shrewsbury Tumulus by Ironside on Monday, 24 October 2005
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The following text and the Greenwich Council website:

Plum Lane, junction Brinklow Crescent, SE18
In the past six barrows (mounds of earth placed over a burial site) existed on and about Shooters Hill.

These mounds resembled the round barrows characteristic of the Bronze Age (2000 - 500 BC) but all except this one have been destroyed and sadly no proper examination was made of them before they were swept away. This last remaining mound is situated at the junction of what is now Brinklow Crescent and Plum Lane.
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Re: Shrewsbury Tumulus by slumpy on Friday, 25 March 2005
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Poor thing, hemmed in by houses and gardens, and suburban roads. Nicely preserved but not particularly large.
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