Wilsford 30 (Goddard) |
| Hob Uid: 219705 | |
Location :
Wiltshire
Wilsford cum Lake
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| Grid Ref : SU1140841070 |
| Summary : A Neolithic long barrow survives as earthworks situated circa 350 metres southwest of the main linear alignment of the Normanton Down barrow cemetery (1531088). It was excavated by Sir Richard Colt Hoare in the early 19th century (Barrow 173) who found a primary deposit of four skeletons on the "floor" at the eastern end, and a secondary inhumation, possibly Anglo-Saxon, near the top of the mound, also at the eastern end. The barrow was listed as Wilsford 30 by Goddard (1913) and subsequently by Grinsell (1957). It was surveyed at a scale of 1:1000 in April 2010 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. The surviving earthworks extend east / west for circa 43m and comprise a linear mound flanked to the north by a ditch. The eastern end of the mound stands 2.3m high: its summit, which is also aligned east / west, measures 6m long and 3m wide. At least three phases of construction are suggested by the circular mounding of the eastern end, which measures 22m wide at its base, and presence of a narrow terrace, circa 1m wide, on its southern side. The western end of the mound measures circa 12m wide and has been heavily eroded by a trackway. The northern ditch measures up to 8m wide and up to 0.7m deep. |
More information : (SU 11414106) Long Barrow (AT). (1)
(SU 11424107) Wilsford 30. A long barrow orientated east-west with well defined side ditches. It is 126 feet long, 50 feet wide and 6 feet high. (2). It was excavated by W Cunnington and R Colt Hoare (Barrow 173) who found a primary deposit of four skeletons huddled together on the floor near the east end and a secondary or intrusive skeleton 18 inches below the top of the east end, possibly pagan Saxon. (3)
A long barrow up to 2.2 metres high with a ditch 0.6 metres deep on the north and traces of a ditch on the south. The east end of the mound is considerably higher than the west. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (4)
Originally recorded as Wilsford 30 by Goddard. (5)
The barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs, and has been mapped by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. (8-9)
A long barrow situated 350 metres southwest of the Normanton Down Barrow cemetery. The barrow is 40 metres long, 18 metres wide at the east end and 12 metres wide at the west end and survives to a maximum height of 2 metres at the east end. Both ditches survive as earthworks, the northern ditch is six metres wide and up to 1metre deep. The southern one is 5 metres wide and 0.5 metres deep. (10)
The Neolithic long barrow referred to above (1-10) survives as earthworks which were surveyed at a scale of 1:1000 in April 2010 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. The earthworks extend east / west for circa 43m and comprise a linear mound flanked to the north by a ditch. The eastern end of the mound stands 2.3m high: its summit, which is also aligned east / west, measures 6m long and 3m wide. At least three phases of construction are suggested by the circular mounding of the eastern end, which measures 22m wide at its base, and presence of a narrow terrace, circa 1m wide, on its southern side. The western end of the mound measures circa 12m wide and has been heavily eroded by a trackway. The northern ditch measures up to 8m wide and up to 0.7m deep. (11) |