Website exploring the similarity between the Bush Barrow and the Clandon Barrow Lozenge.
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A linear barrow cemetery comprising bowl barrows, a pond barrow, and a quadruple bell barrow. All but one of the 10 mounds noted by Grinsell and RCHME survive as earthworks, although several have suffered from plough damage. In addition, three further sites have been noted as cropmarks. 4 of the barrows were dug into by Harold St George Gray and CS Prideaux in 1903, while others also appear to have been subject to unrecorded antiquarian digging. All the barrows were previously recorded here (see description). However, all have now been recorded individually. See associated monument records for details of specific barrows. However, this record still contains additional sources and information relating to the barrow group as a whole.
(Centred SY 648874) Tumuli [NR] (three times). (1)
Ten barrows including a pound barrow ('F') and a quadruple bell barrow ('K'), form an irregular linear cemetery orientated
roughly North West to South East on top of the second spur east of Shorn Hill. 'K' is unique in England. 'A', 'C', 'D' and 'F' were excavated by St George Gray and Prideaux in 1902.
'A', Ditched bowl (64658780). Diam 82 ft ht 12 ft. Excavated ditch was flat-bottomed, 10 1/2 ft wide and 3 1/2 ft deep, around original turf mound, 64 ft in diam, 9 ft high and capped with chalk. North-South section across centre revealed crouched male inhumation with handled Beaker Bowl in oblong chalk-cut grave, with three child inhumations and smaller jar nearby, all under flint cairn. South of these but still North of apparent centre, a ring of stones enclosed a cremation, fragments of incense cup and grooved copper dagger in wooden sheath (Wessex interment no 12). Many flint implements, cores, and flakes lay in and under mound.
'B' Bowl (64798770) 180 yds South East of 'A' Diam 41 ft, ht 3 ft Excavated in centre.
'C' Bowl (?) (64808757) 150 yds South of 'B'. Only slight mound remains. Diam 93 ft, ht 2 3/4 ft before excavation, which
revealed two primary crouched male inhumations, one with fragments of food-vessel and infant's bones, and a secondary cremation in woven grass bag under collared urn resting on stone slab. Near centre, circular hole 1 3/4 ft in diam and 1 1/2 ft deep contained animal bones. Flint implements, cores and flakes and a shale disc were in mound.
'D' Bowl (?) (64778746) 120 yds South South West of 'C'. Only slight mound remains. Crouched (male ?) inhumation in chalk-cut grave lay under flint cairn including burnt and unburnt human bones, potsherds and flint flakes and a scraper.
'E' Bowl (?) (64688743) on West Slope 100 yds West South West of 'D'. Small, ploughed almost flat.
'F' Pond barrow (?) (64738738) 100 yds South South West of 'D'. Flint-paved, surrounded by bank 76 ft in diam and 4 ft high above centre of hollow.
'G' Bowl (?) (64838639) 100 yds East of 'F'. Diam 140 ft, ht 6 ft Ploughed.
'H' Bowl (?) (64868728) 130 yds South South East of 'G' Diam 45 ft, ht 3 ft.Ploughed.
'J' Bowl (64958721) 100 yds South East of 'H' Diam 115 ft, ht 15 ft. Excavation trench across centre. Fir-covered.
'K' Quadruple bell (65008714) 50 yds South East of 'J'. Four adjacent mounds, hts 7 ft to 8 ft and diams North-South 84 ft
67 ft, 62 ft and 67 ft, along axis of spur in North West to South East line, surrounded by ditch 15 ft wide and 1 ft deep.
Overall length of mounds 280 ft. North mound slightly West of alignment of others and damaged by excavation. Ploughing has
destroyed berm. (2,3)
'A'. SY 64648780. Bowl barrow in arable, not ploughed, with a ditch on the south side only. Diameter of mound 27.5m., height
3.0m., with a flat top 7.5m. diameter. Ditch 6.0m. wide and 0.2m. deep.
'B'. SY 64788770. Bowl barrow, in arable, which has been ploughed over. Diameter 20.0m., height 1.0m. Is truncated by
4.0m. on the east side. No visible ditch.
'C' SY 64808757. Bowl barrow, ploughed almost flat. Diameter 16.0m. approximately, height 0.3m. No visible ditch.
'D'. SY 64768746. Bowl barrow in arable, visible as a slight swelling with concentration of stones. Diameter 12.0m.
approximately, height 0.2m. No visible ditch.
'E'. No trace remains.
'F'. SY 64748738. Pond barrow in arable, with bank on western half of the perimeter only. Overall diameter 32.0m., depth 1.3m., with 4.0m. wide bank where existing. A good example.
'G'. SY 64838639. Bowl barrow under grass in ploughed field. Diameter 40.0m., height 3.0m. No visible ditch.
'H'. SY 64868727. Bowl barrow under grass in arable field - has been ploughed down. Diameter 26.0m., height 1.0m. No visible
ditch.
'J'. SY 64948720. Tree-covered bowl barrow in small copse. Diameter 37.0m., height 4.4m. No visible ditch.
'K' SY 64998713. Quadruple barrow. Four mounds surrounded by common ditch. Their diameters are, from north to south, 28.0m.,
25.0m., 25.0m., and 27.0m., and their heights 2.5m. 2.0m., 1.8m., and 2.0m., respectively. The ditch is approximately 4.0m. wide and 0.2m. deep, and is not visible at the southern extremity of the barrow. There are vague traces of an outer bank beyond the ditch on the west side of the complex.
Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D.
(SY64828728; 64828720; 64818712) The cropmarks of three probable barrows on Crawford air photograph, could not be traced in arable field. (4)
Aerial photograph of the "quadruple bell" barrow. (5)
SOURCE TEXT
(1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" 1963
(2) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) 1970 An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset. Volume two : south-east [in three parts] Page(s)469
(2a) Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club Gray, H St George, and CS Prideaux. Barrow Digging at Martinstown, near Dorchester, 1903. 26, 1905 Page(s)6-39
(2b) by L V Grinsell 1953 The ancient burial-mounds of England
(3) by L V Grinsell 1959 Dorset barrows Page(s)153-4, 167, 173
(4) Field Investigators Comments F1 JGB 06-MAY-80
(4c) Aerial photograph AP (Crawford Collection No. 1633)
(5) Aerial archaeology : the journal for air photography and archaeology 10, 1984 Page(s)56
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(SY 81999900) Inscribed Stone on site of (NAT) Deverel Barrow (NR). (1)
SY 81999900 Deverel Barrow was excavated by W A Miles in 1824 when it measured 54 ft diameter and 12 ft high. Within the mound and resting on the old ground surface was a semi-circle of sarsen stones. Each of these stones, with the exception of the two largest, covered cists cut into the chalk, containing, in total, some seventeen cremations in globular and bucket urns set upright. Near the largest sarsen stone lay a cremation, possibly primary, in an inverted collared urn surrounded by flints. On the barrow floor were four more cremations in globular and bucket urns as well as four unaccompanied cremations. Five more chalk-cut cists containing cremation only, were also seen.
The globular and bucket urns and cremation ritual found within Deverel Barrow represented a culture phase within the Late Bronze Age period, now known as the Deverel-Rimbury culture (for Rimbury urnfield - see SY 68 SE 35).
Deverel Barrow is now almost entirely destroyed but its site is marked by a circular walled enclosure planted with trees. Inside, the only remains are a number of large stones on a slight mound.
An inscribed stone recording the excavation was set up in 1827 but this is now fragmented. (2). (2-3)
The site of Deverel Barrow is as described by R.C.H.M. (2) except that the inscribed stone fragments cannot now be identified. (4)
SOURCE TEXT
( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" 1968
( 2a) General reference - The Deverel Barrow 1826 (W A Miles)
( 2b) General reference - Celtic Tumuli of Dorset pt 3 No 59 (C Warne)
( 2c) General reference - Ant J 13 433-4
( 2d) General reference - Arch J 119 1962 57
( 2) General reference - RCHM Dorset 3 pt 2 1970 181-182 No 30
( 3) General reference - B A Round Barrow in Brit 1960 50 155-156 (P Ashbee)
( 4) Field Investigators Comments F1 JGB 29-MAY-81
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A bowl barrow situated on a chalk ridge, overlooking the Frome Valley to the north. The barrow, which is known as the Clandon Barrow, has a mound composed of earth, chalk and flint with maximum dimensions of 30 metres in diameter and circa 3 metres in height. The mound is surrounded by a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the monument. This is no longer visible, having become infilled over the years, but it will survive as a buried feature circa 3 metres wide. The barrow was partly excavated by Cunnington in 1882, when a cremation burial within an urn, a copper dagger, shale mace head, bronze ring and gold plate were all recovered. The excavations did not extend to the primary burial. The finds from the excavation are now held in the Dorset County Museum. Scheduled monument number 451916.
Clandon Barrow, of bowl type (SY 65648900) - in prominent position above 300 ft. contour on flat ground at W. end of local ridge. Diam. 90 ft., ht. 18 ft. Markedly conical in profile. Cunnington partly excavated the mound in 1882 without reaching primary burial, and bottom of his pit being probably 9 ft. above original ground surface. About 6 ft. from the top was flint cairn about 1 ft. thick and 8 ft. in diam. Below it, sherds of an incense cup were scattered on a layer of white clay; among the flints were fragments of an amber cup; and on the flints were a grooved copper dagger with traces of a wooden sheath and an attached small bronze ring, a quadrangular gold plate and a shale mace-head with five gold-capped bosses. 1 ft. higher was a cremation in a crushed, typologically early, collared urn on a thin layer of ashes and small flints. 4 ft. higher and 2 ft. from the top of the mound two stone-lined graves, possibly Romano-British, lay E.-W. 4 ft. apart, each with an inhumation on a layer of fine sand. The mound largely consisted of layers of sands, clays and gravels.
Finds in Dorset County Museum. (2-3)
SY 65638900. Clandon Barrow, (name not confirmed), lies in arable. It is very steep sided, and although not ploughed over it has been damaged by ploughing at the edges. Diameter 30.0m, height 5.5m, with a flat top of 5.0m diameter: there is no visible ditch.
Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. (4)
Clandon Barrow, Winterbourne St Martin 31. Of the finds from the excavation (Authy 2 and 3) some of which comprise a 'Wessex' I grave group, the macehead is of jet, the grooved bronze dagger is Gerloff's Amorico-British B (Cressingham type), the collared urn is Primary Series and the 'incense-cup' is a bipartite accessory vessel. (5)
SY 656890 (SY 68 NE 23) and SY 665894 (SY 68 NE 26). Two round barrows on Clandon Farm. Scheduled. (6-8)
The assemblage of material from the barrow is reinterpretted in the wider Atlantic and European context. The assemblage possibly represents a much deeper religious significance for the site than had hitherto been recognised. (9)
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A trial excavation of Bradford barrow in 1968 to assess quarry damage discovered a sherd of Romano British pottery, a piece of iron and an oyster shell in the surrounding ditch indicating a Romano British date. This interpretation is further supported by Grinsell. Scheduled Monument No. 209466
Bradford Barrow, a bowl barrow consisting of a large conical mound 118ft in diameter and 20ft high, with traces of a surrounding ditch. According to Grinsell the profile of the mound suggests the possibility of a Roman date. (2-3)
NE of Bradford Barrow a quarry has breached about 30ft of the barrow ditch. A trial excavation carried out in 1969 to assess the damage revealed the ditch to be flat bottomed and about 6ft wide and 4 1/2ft deep. There were very few finds but a piece of corroded iron work from the undisturbed clay fill proved that the mound was not Bronze Age. An oyster shell and a Romano-British sherd were also found and a Romano-British date for the mound is strongly inferred. (4)
( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" 1963
( 2) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) 1975 An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset. Volume five : east Dorset 1975 Page(s)53
( 3) General reference - Grinsell L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows 122 No 5
( 4) Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society - (D A White) 95 - 1973 Page(s)30-33
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Straw Barrow on the Pastscape website.
(ST 94660312) Straw Barrow (NR). (1)
Straw Barrow, a bowl barrow formerly 65 ft in diameter and 3 ft high, but heavily ploughed. (2)
SOURCE TEXT
( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)
1:10 000 1978
( 2) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) 1975 An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset. Volume five : east Dorset
Page(s)63
(3) Scheduled Monument Notification
22/12/1997
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A web page of the 1846 book giving interpretations of various sites such as Avebury, Silbury Hill and others in Wiltshire
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Detailed web site from Wessex Archaeology Ltd. giving description of excavations, finds and explanation of the burials
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Detailed web site from Wessex Archaeology Ltd. giving description of excavations, finds and explanation of the burials
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STEINKREIS.CH is a Swiss web site dedicated to unlocking the mysteries of ancient Switzerland. "Our selected books will provide numerous travel and hiking tips lots of general information and news on the subject megaliths, power stations, landscape mythology, geomancy and Celts ... "
Site includes numerous photos and information on site locations within selected cantons.
English translation via Google
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Tourist based web site with maps and other information.
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Website showing walking routes around the town
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Created in 1994, the Museum of the megaliths is a site museum.
Their goal is to provide clear information on the Neolithic period and the revolution it represents in the history of mankind. The museum highlights the first agricultural techniques, including the wheel and the plough, along with the discovery of clay for the use of pottery. The exploitation of flint to make tools and weapons is also covered.
The museum also shows elements for the builders of megaliths, dolmens and menhirs. Visitors discover how these monuments were erected and Neolithic funeral customs.
The Megalith Museum presents this data with information panels, models, castings, and reconstructions of archaeological material, particularly focusing on the megaliths of Wéris, and the populations from the Paris Basin.
Guided tours are by reservation, as well as educational activities specific.
At the reception, various publications, postcards and novelty items on the theme of the megaliths are on sale, not to mention the cafeteria where you can taste the beer DOLMENIUS.
Open daily from 10 am to 17.30 pm (closed 1 January, 1 November, 25 December).
Entry fee: 2 € - Groups (min 10 people): 1,50 €
Tour: 25 € (booking at least one week in advance)
Info: Megalith Museum Place Arsene Soreil, 7 B-6940 Wéris (Durbuy)
Tel. 086/21.02.19. - Fax 086/21.00.69.
(Outside Belgium: replace 086 by 32 86).
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English translation via Google
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Owners web site with details of the dolman and opening times
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Official record of site from the Ministry of Culture database
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Web page on the burial chamber including some photos.
English translation via Google
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Official record of site from the Ministry of Culture database
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Hail and Welcome
Chance was born in Ratae in the year of the Rat, and grew up in the territory of the Corieltauvi.
Now living days walk west of Wale-dich (Avebury), on the border between the Atrebates, the Durotriges and the Dobunni.
Practical experience of excavation on Neolithic, Bronze-age, Roman sites.
Interested in the various tribes, how they divided their land, their agricultural calendar, common beliefs and ritual systems.
Often attends the tribal meetings held at Avebury and Stonehenge.
Contact - Chippychance on UTube
http://www.youtube.com/chippychance
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