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Lake House Barrow Round Barrow(s) |
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Little Down Barrows (Great Durnford) Round Barrow(s) |
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Although enclosing 25 ha, this oval-shaped hillfort has little natural strength. Its ramparts still stands 2-4 m high, though its ditch has long since been silted up. There are a number of gaps in the earthworks - the one on the east is usually considered to be ancient. William Stukeley and Richard Colt Hoare referred to internal enclosures and these were noted on the aerial photographs taken by 0. G. S. Crawford and A. Keiller which are included in their 1928 book, Wessex from the Air. This would point to the camp being used as an agricultural enclosure or tribal meeting place, rather than a defensive work. |
Posted by Chance25th May 2010ce |
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Lake House Barrow (Round Barrow(s)) — Fieldnotes |
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Visited 04/08/2011 Although this round barrow was probably a burial site associated with Ogbury Hillfort, which lies directly over the other side of the River Avon, the current trees have obstructed the view from one to the other. I travelled up to the barrow from the bottom of Ogbury, past the church and the village pub. Just past this on the right is a bridleway which leads to the foot bridges across the river by great Durnford mill. Once over these narrow foot bridges, I followed what might well be an ancient track linking the two sites. This track had been recently 'stimmed' which made it appear like a round green tunnel. It was full of wildlife and I remember walking past some lovely walnut trees with fragrant leaves. Climbing to the top of the hill, the track opens out onto the Woodford road and the NCR 45. Directly over the road is a footpath which overlooks the earthworks of the deserted mediaeval village of Lake. Lake House Barrow is easy to reach from the start of this footpath although at the height of summer it is completely hidden by a high hedge which runs alongside the road. Lake House itself is a fine Elizabethan structure and can clearly be viewed from the pasture beside the Barrow. This house was once home to the Rev. E. Duke who carried out a lot of early investigations into the ancient remains of the area. The current owner is an ex-police man by the name of Sumner. I think there was a birthday party on the day of my visit as a lot of limo's with blacked out windows came past me and into the grounds of the house. Security was present at the gates of the drive too. |
Posted by Chance 6th March 2012ce |
Lake House Barrow (Round Barrow(s)) — Images (click to view fullsize) |
    
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Posted by Chance 6th March 2012ce |
Lake House Barrow (Round Barrow(s)) — Miscellaneous |
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An unexcavated and so undated, ditched bowl barrow with a striking conical profile. The barrow mound stands 4.75m high, surrounded by a 4m wide by 0.7m deep ditch, from which material was quarried during the initial construction of the monument during the Bronze age. There are indications of an outer bank, surviving as a slight earthwork 4m wide and giving the barrow an overall diameter of 42m. The profile of the mound displays a distinctly stepped line, very reminiscent of Silbury Hill. This is the result of the construction of a second conical mound on top of the original round barrow. This alteration may be associated with the gentrification of the area, and was intended to provide a prospect mound from which to view Lake House and its surrounding parkland. Although altered, this barrow and its contents have survived, which unfortunately cannot be said for many of the other round barrows which once dotted the grounds of Lake House, but which are now destroyed. |
Posted by Chance 28th August 2011ce |
Little Down Barrows (Great Durnford) (Round Barrow(s)) — Miscellaneous |
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A pair of round barrows lying to the south of Ogbury Hillfort. Both of these barrows were opened by Duke in 1731-2. One was said to contain 2 urns with ashes and the other an inhumation with a spearhead. |
Posted by Chance 28th August 2011ce |
Newton Barrow (Round Barrow(s)) — Miscellaneous |
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A Bronze Age ditched bowl barrow lying to the south of Ogbury Hillfort. This barrow was opened by Hoare, who found a primary inhumation, a large amber bead and perforated animal teeth necklace. When the site was visited by the Ordnance Survey in 1972, it had been partly ploughed but has since been fenced off for protection. |
Posted by Chance 28th August 2011ce |
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