Post-medieval mound at Quendon Park (EHER 195)

Previously considered to be a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a 1990 excavation demonstrated the mound was of recent bonfire debris. It was placed on bare patch of sub-soil. A ditch encircling the mound was thought to be the result of deer activity. The mound recorded in 1915 was either destroyed by deer or was a natural mound given a barrow like appearance by the circling action of the deer track.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Tumulus (NR). <1> A ditched round barrow lying on a gravel ridge under pasture, in Quendon Park, half a mile north of the church. It is probably a tumulus with traces of an encircling ditch. Its condition is poor with animal burrows in its top. To its west is a circular mark in the ground. <2> - <4> February 1975. Field survey. A ditched bowl barrow lying on a gravel ridge under pasture. It measures 12.0m in overall diameter by 0.6m high with the ditch 0.3m deep. Published 1:2500 survey revised. <5> <6> 1986. Scheduling. Scheduling notice. <7> 1990. Excavation. Due to damage by deer in Quendon deer park a mound was the subject of a contour survey and excavation. It was found to contain no archaeological evidence and was a mound of recent bonfire debris. It was placed on bare patch of sub-soil. A ditch encircling the mound was thought to be the result of deer activity. The mound recorded in 1915 was either destroyed by deer or was a natural mound given a barrow like appearance by the circling action of the deer track. <8> 1995. De-scheduling. De-scheduling notice. <9>