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Monument Number 220764
Hob Uid: 220764
Location : Wiltshire East Kennett
Grid Ref : SU1127067330
Summary : East Kennett 4, a Bronze Age bowl barrow which survives only as a chalk spread suggestive of a ploughed out mound. No record of any excavation.
More information : (SU 1129 6732) Tumulus (NR) (site of). (1) West of East Kennett village, East Kennett 4; bowl barrow, described by Grinsell (2) as 'almost gone'. South East of this barrow, at SU 1134 6725, East Kennet 5; a levelled Bowl barrow. (2) Crawford (3) referring to the Old 2" Drawing sites a barrow at (SU 11176739). Only one barrow is shown on the 2" Map in this area - most probably East Kennett 4. (3) SU 11276733: A much spread bowl barrow 40m diameter and 0.3m high is situated in arable land and is the only barrow visible in the vicinity. Published survey 25" revised. (4) An RCHME 1:2500 scale, level 3 air photographic interpretation project (Event UID 936869) was carried out on this monument in January 1992. The feature referred to as East Kennett 4 appears as a chalk spread suggestive of a ploughed out mound, with a central hollow. The second feature, East Kennett 5, has been given a new record as SU 16 NW 134. The archive created by this project (Collection UID 936807) is held by RCHME. (5) The faint trace of a possible spread round barrow traces of a central mound. The site was mapped from aerial photographs for the RCHME: Avebury World Heritage Site MP. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : LV Grinsell: Archaeological Gazetteer
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Rec 6" (OGS Crawford undated)
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Source Number : 3a
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Source details : 2" Drawing 1808
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : F1 MHB 28-OCT-74
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Simon Crutchley/03-JAN-1992/RCHME: West Kennett - East Kennett Project
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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 : Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 639
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 16 NW 28
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1974-10-28
End Date : 1974-10-28

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1992-01-03
End Date : 1992-02-28

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD SURVEY
Start Date : 1997-08-01
End Date : 1998-12-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 220764