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<< Our Photo Pages >> Moseley Bog Burnt Mound - Artificial Mound in England in West Midlands

Submitted by ChrisPoole on Thursday, 02 May 2019  Page Views: 13190

Multi-periodSite Name: Moseley Bog Burnt Mound
Country: England County: West Midlands Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Birmingham
Map Ref: SP0934382043
Latitude: 52.436283N  Longitude: 1.863996W
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.
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.
4 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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Moseley Bog Burnt Mound
Moseley Bog Burnt Mound submitted by ChrisPoole : The burnt mound looking east. The mound can be clearly seen to the right of the wooden path. the far edge is marked by the first two trees and it continues on the left bank of the stream. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A nature reserve in suburban Birmingham which gave inspiration to J.R.R Tolkien, who lived nearby as a young boy. It has two burnt mounds, heat shattered pebbles collected in the Bronze Age that may have been used for cooking or possibly to create steam for a 'sweat house'. The mounds were only discovered in 1980 when heat damaged stones were noticed in the bed of the stream that bisects one of the mounds. An excavation followed and the mound pictured here was identified.

The composition of the mound is exposed in the stream banks as a layer of heat-shattered stones and charcoal nearly 14m long and about 30cm thick in one bank and a thinner layer 4m long in the other. On one side of the stream the mound survives as a low but prominent mound about 12.5m long and 6.5m wide, and on the other it is crossed by a path. Heat-shattered stones are visible on the eroded path surface. The visible remains suggest that the mound is approximately circular and is about 13m in diameter. A resistivity survey in 1998 confirmed the extent of the mound, as an area of high resistance, on the path side of the stream and located a possible former stream channel. On the other side of the stream an area of low resistance may indicate the location of a pit or trough under the mound. Samples of charcoal from the stream bank at Moseley Bog have been dated to about 1100BC by the radiocarbon method.

A second burnt mound is located about 11m east of the first and is visible as a layer of heat-shattered stones 3.3m long and up to 4cm thick in the north bank of the stream. The site was scheduled as an ancient monument in 2002.( Information from data sheet by Mike Hodder, Planning Archaeologist, Birmingham City Council).

For more information see Historic England List ID 1020542, Pastscape Monument No. 872028 and the Birmingham City Council webpage for Moseley Bog.
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Moseley Bog Burnt Mound
Moseley Bog Burnt Mound submitted by ChrisPoole : The stream cuts right through the mound. The wattle work has been put in place by the local ranger service to help prevent any further erosion by the stream. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Moseley Bog Burnt Mound
Moseley Bog Burnt Mound submitted by alchemille : Burnt mounds. Moseley Bog Birmingham and the Coldbath Brook (Vote or comment on this photo)

Moseley Bog Burnt Mound
Moseley Bog Burnt Mound submitted by tonyfix : The stream that cuts through the burnt mound (Vote or comment on this photo)

Moseley Bog Burnt Mound
Moseley Bog Burnt Mound submitted by tonyfix : Close up of the black stones in the stream (Vote or comment on this photo)

Moseley Bog Burnt Mound
Moseley Bog Burnt Mound submitted by tonyfix (Vote or comment on this photo)

Moseley Bog Burnt Mound
Moseley Bog Burnt Mound submitted by tonyfix : Photo showing the stream that cuts through the mound, with black stones in it

Moseley Bog Burnt Mound
Moseley Bog Burnt Mound submitted by ChrisPoole : A view across the stream showing the far side of the mound. The bushes are growing along the far edge of the site.

Moseley Bog Burnt Mound
Moseley Bog Burnt Mound submitted by ChrisPoole : A view up the stream looking west.

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