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<< Other Photo Pages >> Cossington Bronze Age Barrows - Barrow Cemetery in England in Leicestershire and Rutland

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cossington Bronze Age Barrows
Country: England County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Barrow Cemetery
 Nearest Village: Cossington
Map Ref: SK605129
Latitude: 52.710391N  Longitude: 1.105935W
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
Destroyed Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
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no data 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
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Cossington Bronze Age Barrows
Cossington Bronze Age Barrows submitted by dodomad : Bronze Age burials and Cossington, and skull from Watermead. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round barrows were important burial monuments for the Bronze Age communities that built and used them, but what happened to them in later times? Fascinating evidence from three barrows excavated at Cossington gravel quarry in Leicestershire has shown that they were also a focus of activity for later communities, who were attracted to the ancient earthworks to make offerings and bury their dead.

In this talk linked below, ULAS Deputy Director John Thomas describes the results of the excavations and examine why the barrows maintained their local importance centuries after their original use.

Recorded live on 28 July, 2021 for the Council for British Archaeology's Festival of Archaeology.
Objects buried with the 4000 year old Cossington Boy are included alongside a reconstruction of his burial in Charnwood Museum, Loughborough.

Ref: Monument, Memory, and Myth: Use and Re-use of Three Bronze Age Round Barrows at Cossington, Leicestershire (Leicester Archaeology Monographs): v. 14 Paperback – 15 May 2008 by John Thomas

Note: Video Talk: Monument, Memory and Myth: Use and re-use of the Cossington Bronze Age Barrows
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SK6012 : Young woodland, Cossington Grange by JThomas
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SK6012 : Farm track, Cossington Grange by JThomas
by JThomas
©2012(licence)
SK6012 : Marshdale Farm near Cossington by Mat Fascione
by Mat Fascione
©2017(licence)
SK6012 : Footpath at Cossington Lakes by Mat Fascione
by Mat Fascione
©2008(licence)
SK6012 : Path at Cossington Lakes by Mat Fascione
by Mat Fascione
©2014(licence)

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Video: Monument, Memory and Myth: Use and re-use of the Cossington Bronze Age Barrows by Andy B on Wednesday, 13 July 2022
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Round barrows were important burial monuments for the Bronze Age communities that built and used them, but what happened to them in later times? Fascinating evidence from three barrows excavated at Cossington gravel quarry in Leicestershire has shown that they were also a focus of activity for later communities, who were attracted to the ancient earthworks to make offerings and bury their dead.

In this talk, ULAS Deputy Director John Thomas describes the results of the excavations and examine why the barrows maintained their local importance centuries after their original use. This talk was recorded live on 28 July, 2021 for the Council for British Archaeology's Festival of Archaeology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vownfC-QMwg

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