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This is a substantial monument, being 230 feet long, 72 feet wide and 12 feet in height. In addition the side ditches are still over 30 feet wide by 4 feet deep. It is situated just below the crest of Cold Kitchen hill facing north and overlooking the Wylye valley. The siting of the barrow is interesting as it sits in a fold of the hill and can,t be seen until you're very close to it. The barrow is orientated NW-SE and is rectangular in plan. It shows no signs of ever having been excavated which must be quite unusual. It's fairly easy to get to, but the hill is very steep and parking is limited in the village of Kingston Deverill. It appears in an Anglo-Saxon charter as Lang Beorh and the name Cold Kitchen apparently alludes to a celtic name meaning hill of the wizard. |
Posted by formicaant15th October 2008ce Edited 15th October 2008ce |
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Dairy Farm barrow (Round Barrow(s)) — Fieldnotes |
| This bowl barrow sits on the floor of the river valley to the south west of Cold Kitchen hill. The barrow is 20 metres in diameter by 3.4 metres in height. The river Wylye flows past the site. |
Posted by formicaant 15th October 2008ce |
Dairy Farm barrow (Round Barrow(s)) — Images (click to view fullsize) |
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Posted by formicaant 15th October 2008ce |
Boar's Bottom (Round Barrow(s)) — Fieldnotes |
| A rare saucer type round barrow to the east of the long barrow. These low barrows are very susceptible to any kind of agricultural activities especially ploughing and they don't survive well. |
Posted by formicaant 15th October 2008ce |
Boar's Bottom (Round Barrow(s)) — Images |
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Posted by formicaant 15th October 2008ce |
Biddcombe and Whitepits Down Cross Dykes — Fieldnotes |
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These banks and ditches are linear boundaries on Biddcombe down and Whitepits down. The earthworks run for 2 km along the southern slopes of the hill on which Cold kitchen long barrow sits. There is some speculation as to its purpose and it is possibly the political boundary between the Durotriges and the Belgae. It is not large enough to be of any military purpose, unlike Bokerley dyke which performs the same purpose in Hampshire. Also it is sited half way up a steep hill. At its deepest it is 3 feet deep and 15 feet wide. There are gaps in the dyke where it crosses a valley and where modern tracks cross it. |
Posted by formicaant 15th October 2008ce |
Biddcombe and Whitepits Down Cross Dykes — Images |
 
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