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Upton Great Barrow
Hob Uid: 211327
Location : Wiltshire Upton Lovell
Grid Ref : ST9555042300
Summary : Bell barrow containing a primary cremation accompanied by a necklace of faience, lignite and amber. Animal remains and charcoal also present within the mound
More information : (ST 95554230) Upton Great Barrow (GT) (1) Upton Great Barrow was described and planned by Hoare and is identified by Grinsell as a bell-barrow with outer bank, the mound 78 feet in diameter and 10 feet high, with a berm 6 feet wide, now almost overspread and a ditch 21 feet wide and a foot deep. The bank is 21 feet wide and six inches high. It was opened by a labourer digging flints, prior to 1812, who found bones and ashes. Cunnington dug it and found a shallow grave containing a primary cremation accompanied by a necklace of faience, lignite and amber beads. Cunnington made several sections of the mound, finding potsherds, stag's horns, animal bones and vast quantities of ashes and charred wood. (2-3) Upton Great Barrow now has the appearance of a bowl barrow with a ditch and outer bank; all traces of the berm have disappeared. The central mound is 2.5 m high, the ditch about 0.8 m deep, and the surrounding bank 0.2 m high.A short length of the outer bank has been destroyed by a trackway on the southern side of the barrow. Published 1:2500 survey revised (4) No change; report of 26.2.69. correct. (5) Originally recorded as Upton 1 by Goddard (6) Necklace present in Devizes Museum DM 354-9 (7)

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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : V C H Wilts 1 1957 215 (L V Grinsell)
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Source details : History of Ancient Wilts 1. 1812, 76-7 (R. Colt Hoare)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : F1 ANK 26-FEB-69
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : F2 MJF 26-JUN-75
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : WAM 38, 1913-14 334 (E.H Goddard)
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : Neolithic and Bronze Age Antiquities: Devizes Museum. 1964 50, No. 340-2 (F.K Annable, D.D.A Simpson)
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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 : Bell Barrow, Cremation
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Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bell Barrow, Cremation
Object Type : NECKLACE, ANIMAL REMAINS
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : ST94SE614
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 171
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 12304
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 614
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 94 SE 8
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1800-01-01
End Date : 1810-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-02-26
End Date : 1969-02-26

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1975-06-26
End Date : 1975-06-26

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Upton Great Barrow