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| HER Number | MWB1518 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Brimpton Common Bell Barrow 'A' - 250m NW of Larkwhistle Farm |
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Summary
Scheduled Monument. VERY LARGE BELL BARROW (250m NW of Larkwhistle Farm). BANK INSIDE VESTIGIAL DITCH. PRONOUNCED BERM ABOUT 6M ACROSS. CRATERED TOP - DOE 1983. BAU SUGGEST TREE RING.
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument 1012948: BELL BARROW 250M NORTH-WEST OF LARKWHISTLE FARM
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01036.01.000
- National Monuments Record No.: SU 56 SE 4
SU 5738 6271 - Old Scheduled Ancient Monument (Berkshire): 6A
- Primary Reference Number: 971
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
The Ordnance Survey Drawing of 1817 <1> shows at least eight apparent barrows on Brimpton Common including one at SU 5696 6294. These Borson or Baughurst barrows were later named with letters of the alphabet, and this one was called A. It is a bell barrow and one of the largest of the group, although situated some distance to the northwest of the other barrows, on the north side of Brimpton Common. It is probably one of the two barrows which were opened in the late 19th century by Canon Greenwell and Walter Money 'on either side of the road leading to Silchester' <3>, although no interments were found.
A 25" survey was made of barrows A, B, C, D, E and F in the 1960s <6>. Barrows A to F were scheduled by 1978 under the old county number 6, hence they were also referred to as 6A, 6B, etc.
The barrow's earthworks are well illustrated in LiDAR data modelling <9>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Ordnance Survey. 1808. Ordnance Survey Drawing of Kingsclere; BL OSD 79, 1. Two inch to the mile. [Map / SWB147330]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ordnance_Survey_Drawings_-_Kingsclere_(OSD_79).jpg (Accessed 07/11/2022) |
| <02> | Various. 1738-1858. Berkshire Enclosure Maps - online as New Landscapes. http://www.berkshirenclosure.org.uk. Brimpton 1815. [Map / SWB14663]
http://www.berkshirenclosure.org.uk (Accessed 08/02/2022) |
| <03> | Newbury District Field Club. 1886-95. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1886-95 VOL 4. p186. [Article in serial / SWB10455] |
| <04> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1936. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1936 40. 40. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. P58 (Grinsell's No 5) in An Analysis and List of Berkshire Barrows. [Article in serial / SWB10457]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=40 (Accessed 26/04/2016) |
| <05> | Archaeology Branch of Ordnance Survey & Newbury Museum staff. 1913 onwards. Newbury Museum Archaeology Map XLIV SW.. 44SW. 6 inch. [Map / SWB12868] |
| <06> | Ordnance Survey. 1960s-70s. Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 GHP 24-APR-63. [Personal observation / SWB14640] |
| <07> | Wymer, J J. 1949-2004. The J J Wymer Archive - Field Note Books. 10.5284/1000062. Illust in Vol 3, p203. [Digital archive / SWB147643]
https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/wymer_eh_2008/ (Accessed 03/11/2023) |
| <08> | Berkshire Archaeological Services. 2003. An Archaeological Watching Brief at Bronzewell, Brimpton Common, Berkshire. Site Code BAS120. 2003 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB13730] |
| <09> | Environment Agency. 2018-21. LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) Elevation Data 2020. DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL (1M) 2022 HILLSHADE - AZIMUTH 45. [Digital archive / SWB150406]
https://environment.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=f765c2a97d644f08927d5cd5abe58d87 (Accessed on 19/01/2023) |
Related Monuments
| MWB10661 | Field near Borson Barrows (Find Spot) |
| MWB1516 | Brimpton Common (Borson) Barrow Cemetery (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB218 | Greenwell excavations |
| EWB547 | An Archaeological Watching Brief at Bronzewell, Brimpton Common, Berkshire (Ref: Site Code BAS120) |
| EWB1415 | Berkshire County Council/Babtie general monitoring |
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