Wilsford 41 (Goddard) |
| Hob Uid: 219702 | |
Location :
Wiltshire
Wilsford cum Lake
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| Grid Ref : SU1079340159 |
| Summary : A Neolithic long barrow, listed by Grinsell as Wilsford (South) 41, and forming part of the Lake group of barrows (SU 14 SW 51). The barrow does not appear to have been excavated, and is extant as an earthwork 45m long and 25m wide. The mound has a maximum height of 3.5 metres at the SE but up to 4.8m at the NW, suggesting the possibility of a secondary mound on the summit; the well-defined side ditches are up to 9.3m wide and 1m deep. |
More information : (SU 10794016) Long Barrow (AT). (1)
Wilsford 41. A long barrow orientated SE-NW with long
deep side ditches. It is 140 ft long, 75 ft wide and 8 ft high. Colt Hoare's barrow 1, not opened by Colt Hoare. (2)
A very good example of a long barrow. The mound has a maximum height of 3.5m and the well defined side ditches are up to 0.8m deep.
Published 1:2500 survey revised. (3)
Originally recorded as Wilsford 41 by Goddard. (4)
The long barrow falls within the area mapped from aerial photographs by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. It has been included on the survey maps, but is covered by trees, and no further information could be added from aerial photographic evidence. (6)
Investigated at Level 1 for EH Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project; the mound is 45m long by 25m wide and 3.6m high at the SE end, 4.8m high at the NW; there is a slight saddle in the middle suggesting either that there is a secondary mound on the NW summit or that there has been disturbance; the side ditches are up to 9.3m wide and 1m deep. (7)
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