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| Details of Site on Pastscape [Centred SU 27508102] THREE BARROWS [G.T.] [SU 27668102] TUMULUS [GT] (Site of). (1) Three Barrows, south of Old Ditch on Idstone Down, Ashbury are in a line, almost touching one another; central hollows suggest excavation, but of this there is no record (3). A - Bowl Barrow, 17 yards in diameter and 4 1/2 feet high, no visible ditch. B - Bowl barrow, hollow in centre, mound 18 yards in diameter and 5 feet high, no visible ditch. C - Bowl barrow, 18 yards in diameter and 4 1/2 ft high, hollow in centre, no visible ditch. D - This barrow was opened in 1878; interment found. Nothing is now visible (2). Date c.1600-1200 B.C. North of the "Three Barrows"; at Ashbury, at the bottom of the hill, is a small unfinished barrow with ditch completed for only three-quarters of the circumference (5). (2-5) The "Three-Barrows" are as described and measured by Grinsell. There is no trace of barrow 'D' the published site of which is under pasture. Published survey (25") revised. (6) The earthwork remains of the three probable Bronze Age round barrows described by the previous authorities were seen centred at SU 2745 8102, SU 2747 8101 and SU 2750 8101. All were mapped from aerial photographs. (8) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE TEXT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" 1960 ( 2) Bedfordshire Archaeological Society Bedfordshire archaeological journal (L.V.Grinsell) 40, 1936 Page(s)31 ( 3) Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Object Name Book reference ONB, Berkshire, 19 SW. 1910 Page(s)5, 13 ( 4) Nicholas Thomas 1960 A guide to prehistoric England Page(s)41 ( 5) edited by P H Ditchfield and William Page 1906 The Victoria history of Berkshire, volume one The Victoria history of the counties of England Page(s)277 ( 6) Field Investigators Comments F1 NVQ 02-MAR-64 ( 7) Scheduled Monument Notification 16-NOV-1998 ( 8) Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 106G/UK/1416/3293 14-APR-1946 |
Posted by Chance21st August 2012ce |
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