More information : [ST 02863417] HUISH CHAMPFLOWER BARROW [GT]. (1)
Huish Champflower Barrow, an almost circular mound 68ft. in
diameter. Excavated by St. George Gray who drove two trenches
across it, at right angles, with inconclusive results:-
An encircling depression was proved not to be a ditch, as was
first thought. Outside this there is a bank which appears to
have been cut away vertically on its outer slope and faced
round the outside by a stone wall surmounted by a bank of
earth. The 'wall' appeared to take an oval form though
excavation was abandoned before establishing definitely that
the 'wall' was continuous. No relics were found, but in parts,
piles of loose stones, some 2' in height, were laid bare. Black
masses, chiefly near surface of the summit afforded proof of
the presence of charcoal and would appear to indicate beacon
fires. (2)
Huish Champflower No 1, a bowl barrow 22 paces diameter and
6 ft high, with a hollow in centre. Traces of ditch noted by
St. G. Gray may be of ditch dug when mound was planted with
larches and enclosed by stone wall in 1830. (3)
This is a very disturbed bowl barrow 1.6 m high. The slight
encircling ditch probably resulted from the construction of the
tree ring.
Surveyed at 1/2500. (4)
The Bronze Age bowl barrow described by the previous authorities was not visible on aerial photographs due to tree cover. (5)
Huish Champflower barrow scheduling amended. (6) |