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Monument Number 926233
Hob Uid: 926233
Location : Wiltshire Collingbourne Ducis
Grid Ref : SU2281051450
Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow forming part of the Cow Down Barrow Cemetery. The barrow was designated as Collingbourne Ducis 8c by Grinsell (1957) and survives as a slight earthwork 21 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high with slight traces of a barrow ditch. Aerial photographs show that the mound had been enlarged. Excavations by W.C Lukis in 1855 recorded no traces of a primary burial, but Bronze age pottery was recovered. An intrusive crouched inhumation was recorded. This is thought to be Iron Age, Roman or post Roman in date.
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 C: SU 22815145, Collingbourne Ducis 8c, a bowl barrow 15 paces in diameter, 1foot high. Aerial photographs, unspecified, shows that the mound had been enlarged. (2) Excavated by W.C Lukis (Barrow WCL 3), no primary burial was located, sherds of Bronze Age urns , one with applied horseshoe handles were recovered and may belong to the period of enlargement. An intrusive crouched inhumation of an aged man with an iron knife close to the hands may be Early Iron Age, Romano-British or post-Roman. (3) Barrow C: Collingbourne Ducis 8c, a bowl barrow in arable, 0.3 metres high with unsurveyable traces of a ditch. Surveyed at 1:2500. (4) Originally recorded as Collingbourne 8c by Goddard. (5) A bowl barrow reduced by ploughing, but with traces of a ditch just visible. The overall diameter is 21 metres. The barrow is very difficult to see. Excavations in the 19th century recorded a crouched inhumation. (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
Evidence : Earthwork, Stratified Find

Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Crouched Inhumation
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Stratified Find

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Crouched Inhumation
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Stratified Find

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Early Medieval
Monument End Date : 1066
Monument Start Date : 410
Monument Type : Crouched Inhumation
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Stratified Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bowl Barrow
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Period : Iron Age
Component Monument Type : Crouched Inhumation
Object Type : KNIFE
Object Material : Iron

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Crouched Inhumation
Object Type : KNIFE
Object Material : Iron

Period : Early Medieval
Component Monument Type : Crouched Inhumation
Object Type : KNIFE
Object Material : Iron

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU25SW654
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 25 SW 183
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Relationship type : General association

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Relationship type : General association

Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1855-01-01
End Date : 1855-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 926233