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Square Copse Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery

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Details of barrow on Pastscape

(SU 215638 and SU 218638) Tumuli (NR). (1) Square Copse Group of bowl barrows.

NGR VCH No Diam Ht Remarks
A. SU 21426378 Savernake 6 20 paces 1ft )
B. SU 21516377 Savernake 7 30 paces 2ft ) on arable
C. SU 21646375 Savernake 8 20 paces 1ft ) in 1950
E. SU 21766378 Savernake 9 27 paces 4ft
F. SU 21806380 Savernake 10 20 paces 1 1/2ft
D. SU 21746375 Savernake 11 32 paces 8ft
G. SU 21816374 Savernake 12 30 paces 5 1/2ft
H. SU 21856373 Savernake 13 32 paces 6ft
J. SU 21836380 Savernake 15 paces 1ft Vague and doubtful. A small barrow according to Passmore. (2-3)

"A" A bowl barrow 24.0 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high.
"B" A bowl barrow spread by ploughing, 32.0 metres in diameter and 0.6 metres high.
"C" Site of a barrow. There are no surveyable remains.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
The remaining five, possibly six, barrows are at present completely inaccessible because they lie within a dense new plantation.
OS 25" survey accepted. (4)
Chance Posted by Chance
25th July 2015ce

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