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| Pete, Avebury Down Circle/Tumulus: Is this it? NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE(S): SU11427126 DESCRIPTION OF THE MONUMENT The monument includes the `Penning barrow', a Bronze Age bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn. The barrow survives as a visible earthwork, the mound of which is c.16m in diameter and stands up to 1.1m high. The barrow has six large sarsen stones located around it which form a peristalith or circle, along with five smaller stones and numerous fragments around its summit. Surrounding the barrow mound is a 3m-wide berm and, beyond this, a quarry ditch from which material was obtained during the construction of the monument. It is largely infilled but is visible as a slight depression c.4m wide. Description from http://www.magic.gov.uk/rsm/21747.pdf Reply | with quote |  17th December 2004ce 21:20 In reply to: Re: Southern Puddingfest report (Pt 1) (Pete G) |
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