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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | Fine barrow surmounted by a tree on the ridge that separates the Manifold and Dove rivers. Highly prominent located on a local high point at 336m.
Shown as both Ilam Tops and Ilamtops, but not IlamPtops, on OS map.
Scheduled monument : "Limited antiquarian investigation at the centre of the mound located a rock cut grave containing a fill of stones amongst which were a child's skull and scattered bones of an adult. At the base of the grave was a layer of charcoal, an oak timber and an ox skull. Elsewhere in the grave were the remains of two urns, a bronze awl, bones of deer and dog, and a few flints."
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| Posted Comments: thecaptain
(2008-01-24) | sorry, I seem to have messed up your caption when uploading this picture. Could you perhaps resend a corrected one so it can be sorted. |
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