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Milston 1 (Grinsell)
Hob Uid: 915929
Location : Wiltshire Milston
Grid Ref : SU1897045970
Summary : A Neolithic long barrow, completely enclosed by a ditch, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. The barrow has been surveyed in the field and also mapped from aerial photographs.
More information : (SU 18974597) Long barrow (AT) (1) Milston 1. (SU 18974597) A long barrow; NE/SW No.78 in Neolithic Wessex Map. (2) Milston 1. A small long barrow, 46m x 25m x 1.6m. A completely enclosing ditch appears on the OS air photo, nothing nothing is visible on the ground. Surveyed at 1:2500. (3-4) Originally recorded as Milston 1 by Goddard. (5) Oriented NE-SW, the mound stands to 2m high and is 43m long and 23m wide at the broad NE end. Of the flanking ditches, that to the N survives best, being 29m long and 9m wide by 0.3m deep. There is no record of excavation. The barrow lies within ploughed down field system, and is bordered by a disc barrow (SU 14 NE 127) no more than 8m to the W, and a linear ditch (SU 14 NE), that is aligned on the broad end of the mound. Surveyed at 1:500 by RCHME Field staff as part of the SPTA Project (see archive report for further details). (6) The long barrow lies within the area covered by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project, and has been mapped using the aerial photographs mentioned in authority 3-4. (7)

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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : VCH Wilts 1, 1957, 142 (L.V Grinsell)
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Source details : NMR OS/70067 277-278 03-MAY-1970
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Source details : F1 ANK 16-JUN-71
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Source details : Wilts Archaeol. Natur. Mag. 38, 1913-14, 289 (E.H Goddard)
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Source details : D Field/2-2-95/RCHME:SPTA Project
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : English Heritage: Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Long Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU14NE101
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 NE 125
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Relationship type : Is referred to by

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Activity type : FIELD SURVEY
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1994-12-01
End Date : 1995-08-01

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2001-02-01
End Date : 2001-07-01

Historic England Research Records

Milston 1 (Grinsell)