Adrian's Mound

This mound is shown on Wood's plan of 1826. It appears to have been a large mound of ballast which had been laid across the deep valley of the Pow Dean. A 'battery' for the turnpike road (HER 1191) was formed from this ballast hill. The remains of the mound are identifiable on later Ordnance Survey maps. In forming a cutting on the west side of the dean, the road builders of 1815 reputedly found 'some remains, appearing as if camp fires had once been laid there'.