1 In 1835 Mr Hawkes of Birmingham and Bloxam excavated a round barrow near Oldbury. The barrow, before excavation, was of bowl-shaped form, about 3.9m high and 23m ...
The site of a round barrow, an artificial mound built to cover a burial. It dates from the Bronze Age and contained two cremation burials and a later A-S burial (MWA6001). It is on the W side of Harthill Hayes Country Park and survives as an earthwork.
1 In 1773 a cottager inclosed an unnoticed ‘tumulus’ which stood about one and three quarter miles SE of Oldbury. This tumulus was about 24.5m wide at the ...
The possible site of a round barrow, an artificial mound of earth usually constructed to cover a burial. The barrow may have dated between the Early Neolithic and Late Bronze Age periods. It was situated 500m south east of Oldbury. This site may equally be a Windmill Mound or a Romano-British Pottery Kiln.