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HER 1604 - Four Bronze Age bowl barrows, Frensham

Scheduled Monument
Four bowl barrows, on a ridge on Frensham Common. The group is in poor condition, but fragments of ditch remaining around some of the barrows suggests that the part of the group was originally surrounded by an enclosure ditch. Scheduled Monument. See HER 2190 for other possible barrows.

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Related Records

• SHHER_2190
• SHHER_2684

Archaeological History

Activity	Person & Organisation	Dates
trial trench	Graham, D SyAS	2001-10-01
Description Excavation of a trench by volunteers from SyAS of a large mound under the embankment of the A287, to identify if it was one of the ten Bronze Age barrows reported by Rev Charles Kerry on Frensham Common during April 1870. The feature proved to be entirely natural, consisting of undisturbed sand and iron pan. This means either that Kerry’s mounds have yet to be located, or that he mistook the largest mounds on the eastern shore of the Great Pond as barrows due to their comparable size to other barrows on the common. Therefore, five of Kerry’s ten barrows still exist; one has been flatterned during the construction of a car park; two are natural features; one still remains to be tested and one remains ‘missing’ Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info Graham, D more... Holding Location
field survey	Currie, C K CKCA	2002-06-01
Description Historic landscape survey commissioned by Waverley Borough Council, SCC, and SyAS, and undertaken under the direction of C Currie of CKCA, to update a previous assessment of the area as an Area of Special Historic Landscape Value. The work clarified a number of anomalies in the original assessment and in the SMR, and identified the inclusion of duplicated and misinterpreted sites. Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info CKC Archaeology Currie, C K document more... Reference An Archaeological and historical survey of Frensham Common proposed ASHLV: Volume 1: Historical text and appendices Reference 31/03/03 Reference Volume 1: Historical text and appendices Reference Volume 1 of 3 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
field survey	Currie, C K CKCA	2002-06-01
Description Historic landscape survey commissioned by Waverley Borough Council, SCC, and SyAS, and undertaken under the direction of C Currie of CKCA, to update a previous assessment of the area as an Area of Special Historic Landscape Value. The work clarified a number of anomalies in the original assessment and in the SMR, and identified the inclusion of duplicated and misinterpreted sites. Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info CKC Archaeology Currie, C K document more... Reference An Archaeological and historical survey of Frensham Common proposed ASHLV: Volume 2: archaeological inventory Reference 31/03/03 Reference Volume 2: archaeological inventory Reference Volume 2 of 3 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
field survey	Currie, C K CKCA	2002-06-01
Description Historic landscape survey commissioned by Waverley Borough Council, SCC, and SyAS, and undertaken under the direction of C Currie of CKCA, to update a previous assessment of the area as an Area of Special Historic Landscape Value. The work clarified a number of anomalies in the original assessment and in the SMR, and identified the inclusion of duplicated and misinterpreted sites. Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info CKC Archaeology Currie, C K document more... Reference An Archaeological and historical survey of Frensham Common proposed ASHLV: Volume 3: maps Reference 31/03/03 Reference Volume 3: maps Reference Volume 3 of 3 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
field survey	Graham, D SyAS
Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info Graham, D document more... Reference Sy.A.Soc Research Committee Meeting Minutes Reference 27/09/96 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
field survey	RCHME	1996-01-01
Description Author: Unknown Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info RCHME document more... Reference A Survey of the Frensham Common Barrow Group Reference 01/01/96 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
geophysical survey	Graham, D SyAS	2010-08-01
Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info Produced by Surrey Archaeological Society Graham, D document more... Reference A re-survey of three barrows on King's Ridge, Frensham Common, Frensham, Surrey Reference 30/09/10 Reference Following a healthland fire and minor damage by a bulldozed emergency firebreak in August 2010, the group of three barrows and the fourth barrow 50m north of the other three were surveyed, centred at SU 85333 40642, on request of English Heritage in order to record the state of the monuments. Reference Accompanying CD is in HER CD Wallet Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
trial trench	Graham, D SyAS	2010-12-14
Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info Produced by Surrey Archaeological Society Graham, D document more... Reference Trial Trench on a low mound to the south of the group of three barrows on King's Ridge, Frensham Common, Frensham Reference 15/12/10 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
Ref: Surrey Archaeological Collections Ref: 31/12/34	42	Surrey HER1 part		59
Ref: A re-survey of three barrows on King's Ridge, Frensham Common, Frensham, Surrey Ref: 30/09/10 Ref: Following a healthland fire and minor damage by a bulldozed emergency firebreak in August 2010, the group of three barrows and the fourth barrow 50m north of the other three were surveyed, centred at SU 85333 40642, on request of English Heritage in order to record the state of the monuments. Ref: Accompanying CD is in HER CD Wallet		Surrey HER1 part		59
Ref: An Archaeological and historical survey of Frensham Common proposed ASHLV: Volume 2: archaeological inventory Ref: 31/03/03 Ref: Volume 2: archaeological inventory Ref: Volume 2 of 3	2	Surrey HER1 part		59
Ref: An Archaeological and historical survey of Frensham Common proposed ASHLV: Volume 2: archaeological inventory Ref: 31/03/03 Ref: Volume 2: archaeological inventory Ref: Volume 2 of 3	2	Surrey HER1 part		59
Ref: Sy.A.Soc Research Committee Meeting Minutes Ref: 27/09/96		Surrey HER1 part		59
Ref: Trial Trench on a low mound to the south of the group of three barrows on King's Ridge, Frensham Common, Frensham Ref: 15/12/10		Surrey HER1 part		59

Source

Details	Volume	Holding Information	Publisher Information	Pages
trial trench	Graham, D SyAS	2001-10-01
Description Excavation of a trench by volunteers from SyAS of a large mound under the embankment of the A287, to identify if it was one of the ten Bronze Age barrows reported by Rev Charles Kerry on Frensham Common during April 1870. The feature proved to be entirely natural, consisting of undisturbed sand and iron pan. This means either that Kerry’s mounds have yet to be located, or that he mistook the largest mounds on the eastern shore of the Great Pond as barrows due to their comparable size to other barrows on the common. Therefore, five of Kerry’s ten barrows still exist; one has been flatterned during the construction of a car park; two are natural features; one still remains to be tested and one remains ‘missing’ Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info Graham, D more... Holding Location
field survey	Currie, C K CKCA	2002-06-01
Description Historic landscape survey commissioned by Waverley Borough Council, SCC, and SyAS, and undertaken under the direction of C Currie of CKCA, to update a previous assessment of the area as an Area of Special Historic Landscape Value. The work clarified a number of anomalies in the original assessment and in the SMR, and identified the inclusion of duplicated and misinterpreted sites. Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info CKC Archaeology Currie, C K document more... Reference An Archaeological and historical survey of Frensham Common proposed ASHLV: Volume 1: Historical text and appendices Reference 31/03/03 Reference Volume 1: Historical text and appendices Reference Volume 1 of 3 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
field survey	Currie, C K CKCA	2002-06-01
Description Historic landscape survey commissioned by Waverley Borough Council, SCC, and SyAS, and undertaken under the direction of C Currie of CKCA, to update a previous assessment of the area as an Area of Special Historic Landscape Value. The work clarified a number of anomalies in the original assessment and in the SMR, and identified the inclusion of duplicated and misinterpreted sites. Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info CKC Archaeology Currie, C K document more... Reference An Archaeological and historical survey of Frensham Common proposed ASHLV: Volume 2: archaeological inventory Reference 31/03/03 Reference Volume 2: archaeological inventory Reference Volume 2 of 3 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
field survey	Currie, C K CKCA	2002-06-01
Description Historic landscape survey commissioned by Waverley Borough Council, SCC, and SyAS, and undertaken under the direction of C Currie of CKCA, to update a previous assessment of the area as an Area of Special Historic Landscape Value. The work clarified a number of anomalies in the original assessment and in the SMR, and identified the inclusion of duplicated and misinterpreted sites. Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info CKC Archaeology Currie, C K document more... Reference An Archaeological and historical survey of Frensham Common proposed ASHLV: Volume 3: maps Reference 31/03/03 Reference Volume 3: maps Reference Volume 3 of 3 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
field survey	Graham, D SyAS
Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info Graham, D document more... Reference Sy.A.Soc Research Committee Meeting Minutes Reference 27/09/96 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
field survey	RCHME	1996-01-01
Description Author: Unknown Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info RCHME document more... Reference A Survey of the Frensham Common Barrow Group Reference 01/01/96 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
geophysical survey	Graham, D SyAS	2010-08-01
Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info Produced by Surrey Archaeological Society Graham, D document more... Reference A re-survey of three barrows on King's Ridge, Frensham Common, Frensham, Surrey Reference 30/09/10 Reference Following a healthland fire and minor damage by a bulldozed emergency firebreak in August 2010, the group of three barrows and the fourth barrow 50m north of the other three were surveyed, centred at SU 85333 40642, on request of English Heritage in order to record the state of the monuments. Reference Accompanying CD is in HER CD Wallet Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
trial trench	Graham, D SyAS	2010-12-14
Location Surrey, Waverley, Frensham, Grid Reference SU 853 407 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info Produced by Surrey Archaeological Society Graham, D document more... Reference Trial Trench on a low mound to the south of the group of three barrows on King's Ridge, Frensham Common, Frensham Reference 15/12/10 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
Ref: Surrey Archaeological Collections Ref: 31/12/34	42	Surrey HER1 part		59
Ref: A re-survey of three barrows on King's Ridge, Frensham Common, Frensham, Surrey Ref: 30/09/10 Ref: Following a healthland fire and minor damage by a bulldozed emergency firebreak in August 2010, the group of three barrows and the fourth barrow 50m north of the other three were surveyed, centred at SU 85333 40642, on request of English Heritage in order to record the state of the monuments. Ref: Accompanying CD is in HER CD Wallet		Surrey HER1 part		59
Ref: An Archaeological and historical survey of Frensham Common proposed ASHLV: Volume 2: archaeological inventory Ref: 31/03/03 Ref: Volume 2: archaeological inventory Ref: Volume 2 of 3	2	Surrey HER1 part		59
Ref: An Archaeological and historical survey of Frensham Common proposed ASHLV: Volume 2: archaeological inventory Ref: 31/03/03 Ref: Volume 2: archaeological inventory Ref: Volume 2 of 3	2	Surrey HER1 part		59
Ref: Sy.A.Soc Research Committee Meeting Minutes Ref: 27/09/96		Surrey HER1 part		59
Ref: Trial Trench on a low mound to the south of the group of three barrows on King's Ridge, Frensham Common, Frensham Ref: 15/12/10		Surrey HER1 part		59

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