Scheduled Ancient Monument: TWO BOWL BARROWS EAST OF DALE HOLE PLANTATION, 480M NORTH OF PUMP HOUSE (31096)

The monument includes two bowl barrows and the archaeologically sensitive ground between them, which are situated approximately 30m to the east of Dale Hole Plantation and are divided from it by the north-south A1065 Brandon road. The western of the two barrows is visible as an earthen mound, standing to a height of approximately 1.5m and is approximately 31m in diameter. It has a flat top and gently sloping sides. The second bowl barrow is situated over 20m to the east of the first on the crest of a south east facing hill. It is visible as a low earthen mound standing to a height of 0.75m, with a diameter of approximately 44m. It is thought both mounds are encircled by ditches, from which earth was quarried during the construction of the barrows, and although these have become completely infilled and are no longer visible they will survive as buried features approximately 3m in width. The fences surrounding the western barrow and the fence at the west edge of the eastern barrow are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath them is included.