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HER Number MWB1555
Record Type Monument
Name Site of Wash Common Barrow C

Grid Reference SU 454 647
Map Sheet SU46SE
Parish Newbury, West Berkshire
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Summary

Part of a Scheduled Monument. A bowl barrow shown on historic maps but apparently levelled by the 1960s

Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument 1012811: ROUND BARROW CEMETERY ON WASH COMMON

Other Statuses and Cross-References

  • Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01046.05.000
  • Primary Reference Number: 1300

Monument Type(s):

Full Description

Grinsell <1> described this monument as a bowl barrow, 22 paces across and 2 feet high with no visible ditch. It is shown on historic Ordnance Survey mapping <2><3> but appears to have been levelled by the time of the Ordnance Survey field investigator's visit in the 1960s <4>, although faint indications of a change in the ground level at this location were noted.

In 1986 it was described as being visible in very low sunlight <5>, although subsequently a skateboard ramp was erected directly over it. This equipment was removed in the late 20th century.

Sources and further reading

<01>Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1936. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1936 40. 40. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p57 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)
<02>Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14341]
<03>Ordnance Survey. c. 1930. Ordnance Survey Epoch 4. 1:2500, 1936. [Map / SWB14664]
<04>Ordnance Survey. 1960s-70s. Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 NVQ 02-AUG-62. [Personal observation / SWB14640]
<05>Babtie. 1995. Wash Common Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery Draft Management Plan. [Unpublished document / SWB13161]

Related Monuments

MWB1550Wash Common Barrow Cemetery (Monument)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

  • None recorded

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