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Easternmost Of 3 Barrows To The East Of New King Barrows

Hob Uid: 219759
Location :
Wiltshire
Amesbury
Grid Ref : SU1382142272
Summary : Easternmost of 3 Bronze Age round barrows and part of a round barrow cemetery of 6 barrows in all. Located east of the New King Barrows, the Avenue passes through the cemetery splitting it in 2 halves and these 3 barrows appear in the western part. All 3 barrows have been levelled by cultivation and are difficult to identify on the ground, visible only as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Scheduled.
More information : SU 1380 4224: Tumuli (AT) (sites of) (TI) (3). (1)

SU 1383 4225: Amesbury 100. A levelled bowl barrow 141 feet in diameter. (2)

This site cannot be identified on the ground. The field was
recently seeded with winter wheat and the young shoots may obliterate any soil marks. (3)

Easternmost of 3 round barrows and part of a round barrow cemetery of 6 barrows in all. The Avenue passes through the cemetery splitting it in 2 halves providing evidence that the cemetery predates the Avenue. These 3 barrows appear in the western part. All 3 barrows have been levelled by cultivation and are difficult to identify on the ground. Their diameters range from 30 to 45 metres. Scheduled.(4)

The barrow is defined by a single ditch 45m in diameter, although the south eastern part is obscured by trees. It has been mapped from aerial photographs by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. (5-7)
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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : LV Grinsell: Archaeological Gazetteer
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Source details : F1 ANK 22-DEC-1970
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Source details : EH scheduling revised, 27-JUL-1995
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Source details : NMR SU 1342/28 (CCC 8548/1006) 11-JUL-1921
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Source details : NMR SU 1342/48/425 (881/425) 27-JUL-1975
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Source details : NMR SU 1342/56 (PXG 1474/8) XX-XXX-1976
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Source details : Record number 865
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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 : Round Barrow
Evidence : Levelled Earthwork, Cropmark
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU14SW764
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10390
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 SW 113
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Relationship type : Is referred to by
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Relationship type : General association
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Relationship type : General association
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1924-01-01
End Date : 1924-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1924-01-01
End Date : 1924-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1970-12-22
End Date : 1970-12-22
Associated Activities :
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
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Activity type : FIELD SURVEY
Start Date : 2011-01-01
End Date : 2011-12-31