THREE HILLS BARROW K
Description:
Round Barrow
Period:
Early Bronze Age (2200 – 1500BC)
Original status:
A round barrow of 23 metres
diameter. The original height is
unclear but was probably no less
than 2.5 metres. It contained a
probable primary and a secondary
cremation, neither of which were
associated with any finds. There
could have been other inhumations
or cremations, undiscovered by the
excavator in 1872. The location of
this barrow, in close association
with at least three others, suggests
that these were an important
grouping of burials.
Topographic survey and geophysical interpretation of the barrow
Current status:
The barrow is currently under the plough and significant damage has been done to archaeological deposits. The mound only
survives as a feature 0.5 metres high and has been spread to 45 metres diameter. Geophysical survey suggests that this
barrow will be destroyed within ten years by ploughing. Excavation at Barrow J to the north highlights that significant
deposits survive at this site. Deposits area around 0.3 metres below the surface, but the location of this barrow on the ridge
means that the ploughsoil is constantly being moved down hill and therefore each ploughing event is removing more of the
surviving archaeology.
FRAGILITY / LIMITATIONS
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Largely flattened by ploughing
Mound survives as low bank
At least partially excavated in 1872
VALUE / POTENTIAL
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Survival of ditch deposits
Potential presence of significant secondary
archaeological deposits, examples of which
are known from many other excavated
barrows