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| HER Number | MWB3238 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Barrows south of Greenway Cottages |
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Summary
Scheduled group of three barrows orientated almost north-south along a parish boundary
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument 1009458: TWO PLATFORM BARROWS AND A BOWL BARROW 440M SOUTH OF GREENWAY COTTAGES
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01312.00.000
- National Monuments Record No.: SU 38 SE 6
SU 3989 8039
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
Scheduled Monument 19029 (3/9/92). GROUP OF 3 "BARROWS" EXCAVATED BY SLIT TRENCHES IN 1930s. TWO FLAT TOPPED PLATFORM BARROWS, ONE IS 16M IN DIAM.,0.6M HIGH, THE OTHER IS 22M IN DIAM., 0.9M HIGH. BOTH HAVE BANKS AROUND RIM OF PLATFORM AND INFILLED DITCHES. BOWL BARROW TO NORTH, MOUND DIAM. 12M., 0.5M HIGH, WITH INFILLED DITCH.
NB The scheduling description puts these barrows in Chaddleworth parish when currently they lie within Fawley parish; it appears that the parish boundary has changed to follow the line of the A338 road to the east rather than running along the footpath to the west of the barrows as was the case on the 1st Edition OS map.
Allen's 1933 aerial photographs <10><11> shows the barrows whilst they were being excavated by Peake and Padel <4>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Ditchfield and Page (eds). 1906. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks I 1906. Vol 1. P279. [Monograph / SWB10017]
https://archive.org/details/victoriahistoryo01ditcuoft (Accessed on 22/12/2021) |
| <02> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. P163. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| <03> | Peake, H. 1931. The Archaeology of Berkshire. p57, 185. [Monograph / SWB10018] |
| <04> | Newbury District Field Club. 1934. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1934 VOL 7 NO 1. p30-48 Exploration of Three Round Barrows on Woolley Down, Berks by Harold Peake and John Padel. [Article in serial / SWB10577] |
| <05> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1936. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1936 40. 40. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. P39 in An Analysis and List of Berkshire Barrows Part I Addenda by LV Grinsell. [Article in serial / SWB10457]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=40 (Accessed 26/04/2016) |
| <06> | Archaeology Branch of Ordnance Survey & Newbury Museum staff. 1913 onwards. Newbury Museum Archaeology Map XX SW.. 20SW. 6 inch. Penned on map by H H Coghlan - Late Bronze Age barrows. [Map / SWB7807] |
| <07> | Pevsner, N. 1966. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). P148. [Monograph / SWB10024] |
| <08> | Harding, D W. 1974. The Iron Age in lowland Britain. P115. [Monograph / SWB14194] |
| <09> | Whimster, R. 1981. Burial practices in Iron Age Britain: a discussion and gazetteer of the evidence c700 BC - AD 43. Vol 90 (i-ii) p391-2. [Monograph / SWB14193] |
| <10> | Allen, G W G. 27/08/1933. NMRSU3980/1-2 ALLEN. [Photograph / SWB3601] |
| <11> | Allen, G W G. 27/03/1933. NMRSU3980/1-2. Aerial Photo. [Photograph / SWB1711]
http://www.ashmolean.org/ash/objects/?mu=422 (Accessed 10/02/2016) |
Related Monuments
| MWB3241 | Bowl barrow, northernmost of group south of Greenway Cottages (Monument) |
| MWB3240 | Platform barrow, middle of group south of Greenway Cottages (Monument) |
| MWB3239 | Platform barrow, southernmost of group south of Greenway Cottages (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB272 | WBHS Monitoring 2001-2002 |
| EWB393 | Monument Management Programme |
| EWB709 | Three Round Barrows on Woolley Down, Berkshire |
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