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Winterslow Hut Barrow Group
Hob Uid: 223513
Location : Wiltshire Winterslow
Grid Ref : SU2288734908
Summary : A Bronze Age round barrow cemetery situated to the northwest of 'The Pheasant Hotel'. The cemetery comprises at least 13 round barrows, mainly bowl barrows visible as earthworks and cropmarks. Nine of the barrows were identified by Grinsell (1957) and designated as Winterslow 4-12. Five were visible as earthworks and four recorded as levelled earthworks. Two additional barrow sites were also recorded by Grinsell (undated) and another by Stephens and Stone (1939). Aerial photographs also show many circular cropmarks, interpreted as barrow sites within the vicinity of the cemetery. Ordnance Survey field investigations in October 1970 identified four of the barrows as definate earthworks and two as slight earthworks. None of the other barrow sites could be determined. The site of one other barrow site was recorded, it was visible as a very slight earthwork. Nine of the barrows have been scheduled. Two bowl barrows survive as substantial earthworks - one is 23 metres in diameter with a maximum height of 0.8 metres. The other has a diameter of 15 metres and maximum height of 1.2 metres. Both have traces of the barrow ditch visible. Three other barrows survive as slight earthworks ranging from 20 metres to 30 metres in diameter. The sites of three more barrows are visible on aerial photographs.
More information : (NB.Please see child records for details of the barrows which were originally recorded as part of this record). (Centred SU 22923491) Tumuli (NR). (1) A group of bowl barrows, of the Winterslow Hut Group (see also SU 23 SW 35). Aerial photograph (5) shows a profusion of circular crop-marks which may at least be the site of barrows both north and south of Barrow K (Monument HOB UID 1462178). (2-6) Published 1:2500 surveys revised. (7) Additional reference. (8) Barrows forming part of a cemetery situated to the northwest of the Pheasant Hotel. Nine of the barrows are included within this scheduling. Two survive as substantial earthworks - the most northerly example is a bowl barrow 23 metres in diameter with a maximum height of 0.8 metres. Traces of the barrow ditch also survive. The most southerly earthwork has a diameter of 15 metres and maximum height of 1.2 metres. Traces of a barrow ditch also survive. Three other barrows survive as slight earthworks ranging from 20 metres to 30 metres in diameter. The sites of three more barrows are visible on aerial photographs. (9)

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Source details : OS 6" 1962
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Source details : (F Stevens, J.F.S Stone)
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Source details : Crawford collection 4826, undated
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Source details : Crawford collection 2352 4826, undated
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Source details : Private 6" (LV Grinsell undated)
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Source details : 2" Drawing 1808
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Source details : F1 ANK 15-OCT-1970
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
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Monument Type : Barrow Cemetery, Round Barrow, Bowl Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork, Levelled Earthwork, Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 351
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26790
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 23 SW 22
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