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Monument Number 926318

Hob Uid: 926318
Location :
Wiltshire
Collingbourne Ducis
Grid Ref : SU2289251469
Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow forming part of the Cow Down Barrow Cemetery. The barrow was designated as Collingbourne Ducis 9 by Grinsell (1957) and survives as a earthwork. The barrow mound has a diameter of 38 metres and part of the barrow ditch survives to a depth of 0.3 metres in the northwest quadrant. Excavations by W. C Lukas between 1855 and 1861 located a primary crouched inhumation and secondary cremations.
More information : (NB. This barrow was originally recorded as part of Monument HOB UID 224506 - NMR SU 25 SW 30. Please see this record for additional information).

[Centred SU 229515] Tumuli [NR]. (1)

Barrow E: SU 22905147 Collingbourne Ducis 9, a bowl barrow 32 paces in diameter 7ft high. (2) Excavated by W.C Lukis (Barrow WCL 4) who located a primary crounched inhumation with its right arm and hands missing. It was covered by a cairn and mound. The barrow had been enlarged in the late Bronze Age when secondary interments were added, these consisted of 13 cremations, three of which were in urns - one of which had been inverted. (3)

Barrow E: Collingbourne Ducis 9, a bowl barrow one metre high with a 0.3 metre deep ditch surviving in the north quadrant. The barrow had been much disturbed by fox holes. Surveyed at 1:2500 (4)

Originally recorded as Collingbourne Ducis 9 by Goddard. (5)

A bowl barrow with a deep ditch in the north-west quadrant, and an overall diameter of 38 metres. Partial excavations in the 19th century located one primary inhumation and ten secondary cremations. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1926
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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 : Bowl Barrow, Crouched Inhumation, Cinerary Urn, Cremation
Evidence : Earthwork, Stratified Find

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU25SW656
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 119
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10067
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 25 SW 185
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Related Activities :
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1855-01-01
End Date : 1855-12-31
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1861-01-01
End Date : 1861-12-31
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-03-22
End Date : 1972-03-22