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Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Saturday, 04 May 2013 Page Views: 2794
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bucks Head Round Barrow Alternative Name: Hungerfield Barrow, Cranham 3Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Stroud Nearest Village: Cranham
Map Ref: SO91321260
Latitude: 51.811964N Longitude: 2.12731W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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4clydesdale7 visited on 4th May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 How many times have I sped past this one? Quite a history
SteveJJones saw from a distance
It was first excavated in 1880 (but poorly recorded) by J E Dorington and Prof. G Rolleston and it caused something of a stir in the halls of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. They found both a primary and a secondary interment. The first of an adult female with child (who seemed to have been cremated on site) and the second an interment of two children (who also had been cremated) plus an uncremated person. No artefacts were reported thus dating has been difficult - certain schools believe it could be Neolithic (due to the presence of a burnt cist) but most tend to consider it to be early Bronze Age.
In 1880 it was 25m in diameter and almost 1.75m high - nowadays it is a little lower and thinner. It was mentioned by George Witts in his Archaeological Handbook of the County of Gloucester (1883/7) - No.27 in his chapter on Round Barrows - he believed it was called Hungerfield Barrow.
It is mentioned also:
(a) In the Transactions of BGAS 1960 Vol 79 p 111 by H O'Neil and L V Grinsell
(b) On the pastscape website Gloucestershire: Stroud: Cranham: 117536
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