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Bushy Barrow

Round Barrow(s)

<b>Bushy Barrow</b>Posted by ChanceImage © Ordnance Survey
This site is of disputed antiquity. If you have any information that could help clarify this site's authenticity, please post below or leave a post in the forum.
Nearest Town:Chippenham (5km E)
OS Ref (GB):   ST87047379 / Sheet: 173
Latitude:51° 27' 44.63" N
Longitude:   2° 11' 11.67" W

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<b>Bushy Barrow</b>Posted by Chance

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I have listed this site on the TMA as it needs to be explored.
Although a Round Barrow is clearly marked on early OS 25" maps as a Tumulus, when the site was visited by the Ordnance Survey godfather, O.G.S. Crawford in 1932, he couldn't locate it.
It is unclear if any aerial photographs were available at the time but O.S. Record Card 001 was created on the site and the later visits by L.V. Grinsell, ensured it got a listing in Volume 1 of the Wiltshire Victoria County History in 1957.
Chance Posted by Chance
21st January 2011ce

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Wiltshire Sites and Monuments Record


The listing for Bushy Barrow on the Wiltshire SMR (No.ST87SE602), complete with satellite view of the area
Chance Posted by Chance
21st January 2011ce