Pewitt Farm Barrow Round Barrow(s) View all content for Pewitt Farm Barrow

A tumulus near Pewit Farm, Lockinge, which is encroached upon the south by the Ridgeway, was excavated by Stuart Piggott in 1938. The barrow, more than half of which had been removed to within a foot of the surface by the farmer, was found to be of bell-type with the mound c. 44 ft. in diam. and the ditch c. 90 ft. in diameter. Early-Middle Bronze Age sherds were found in the mound some being of such a nature as to suggest that they were scooped-up material from a hut floor or occupation site and not purely funerary. There was a central oval grave, 5 by 3 by 3 feet deep, which appears to have been plank-lined, and which contained a cremation accompanied by a bronze awl and bronze rivetted dagger which suggest transitional Early-Mid Bronze Age date.

Posted by ginger tt 12th May 2009ce

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