More information : [ST 8773 7472] Lanhill Barrow [TI]
(Long Barrow) [GT]. (1)
Lanhill Barrow is a long barrow, 185 feet long, 90 feet wide and
6 feet high, oriented E/W. It was partially excavated by J. Thurnam
in 1855 who found two chambers previously opened and ruined and
excavated a new chamber on the north side.
In 1909, Capt. and Mrs Cunnington excavated a chamber on the
south side and in 1936, A.D. Passmore, with A.Keiller and S. Piggott
excavated a chamber on the N.W. A dummy portal existed 35 feet from
the east end. Finds from the successive excavations include
multiple inhumation-burials, flint flakes and Ne 'A' sherds. The
barrow is sometimes called Hubbas Low but this name was an
invention of 17th c. antiquaries (3) and Jackson states that
there was no authority for any earlier use of the name.
In 1963 five parallel cuttings were made in Lanhill Long Barrow
exposing the revetment wall and the greater part of the forecourt,
the N.W. and the S. chamber. Sherds of Ebbsfleet and Hembury ware
were recovered. (2-7)
A long barrow 2.1 metres high. It has been overlaid in the N.E.
and E. by earth from nearby road widening operations making
positive identification of the outline difficult.
The chamber at ST 8772 7471 is still open and measures
2.8m. long x 1.5 m wide x 1.2m high. The revetment walls leading
to this chamber have been rebuilt.
See G.P. Surveyed at 1:2500. (8)
Lanhill Long Barrow (name confirmed) is situated on low-lying ground;
the mound and partially reconstructed chamber are well preserved.
There are no traces of side ditches and the mound is approximately
53.0m long, 28.0m wide, and up to 2.5m high at the east end. (9)
The barrow is visible as an earthwork on air photographs. It is defined by an earthern mound but no trace of flanking ditches is evident. It is extant on the latest 2012 oblique photography.
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