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Monument Number 209792
Hob Uid: 209792
Location : Wiltshire Berwick St. John
Grid Ref : ST9540017500
Summary : Bronze Age field system in Rushmore Park, surveyed by Toms between 1912 and 1924. Field investigations in 1954 found the lynchets clearly visible on the western slopes. The lynchets followed the contours of the hill near South Lodge.
More information : (Centred ST 954175) A group of lyncheted fields surveyed by Toms between 1912 and 1924. He believes them to predate the Bronze Age barrows (ST 91 NE 3) and the Late Bronze Age pastoral enclosure at South Lodge (ST 91 NE 9). Crawford, however, considers that the lynchets cannot be older than the earthworks. (1-2) The lynchets are clearly visible on the western slopes, and near the South Lodge they follow the contours. (3)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : (H S Toms)
Page(s) : 90-100
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Vol(s) : 46, 1925

Source Number : 1a
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Source details : Letter (O G S Crawford 17.11.1922)
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Crawford O G S. 1928. Air Survey and Archaeology, 5
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : F1 NVQ 27-APR-54
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Lynchet, Field System
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 613
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 91 NE 33
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1954-04-27
End Date : 1954-04-27

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1977-01-01
End Date : 1981-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 209792