Little Down (Great Durnford) Round Barrow(s) View all content for Little Down (Great Durnford)

Three round barrows lying to the south of Ogbury Hillfort, all of which were opened by Duke in 1731-2. Durnford 1 and 2 are clear to see but Durnford 3 only survives as a slight amorphorus earthwork. Either Durnford 1 or 2, contained possible secondary cremations, the other an inhumation accompanied by a spear. It is not certain whether this burial is Bronze Age or Saxon in date. Both Durnford 1 and 2 mounds have an indentation in the top, possibly the result of the eighteenth century excavations or erosion by modern visitors. Details of barrow on Pastscape - Monument No. 218265 A Bronze Age bowl barrow forming part of the Little Down Barrow Group. The barrow was designated as Durnford 1 by Grinsell (1957) and survives as an earthwork 20 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres high and is visible on aerial photographs. Details of barrow on Pastscape - Monument No. 1461386 A Bronze Age bowl barrow forming part of the Little Down Barrow Group. The barrow was designated as Durnford 2 by Grinsell (1957) and survives as an earthwork 18 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres high and is visible on aerial photographs. Details of barrow on Pastscape - Monument No. 1461384 A Bronze Age bowl barrow forming part of the Little Down Barrow Group. The barrow was designated as Durnford 3 by Grinsell (1957) and field investigations in 1972 found it surviving as a slight amorphorus earthwork 0.4 metres high.

Posted by Chance 28th August 2011ce Edited 30th May 2014ce

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