Berwick Bassett Down

Round Barrow(s)
SU11977387

Also known as:

Berwick Bassett 1 & 1a and MONUMENT NO. 221728

Nearest town:

Marlborough (9km ESE)

OS reference:

SU11977387

OS sheet:

173

Latitude:

51° 27' 47.3 N

Longitude:

1° 49' 39.63 W

Added to TMA by

Images (3)
Miscellaneous (1)

Images

Image of Berwick Bassett Down (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

Looking southwest. Cherhill rises on the skyline.

Image credit: A. Brookes (16.2.2014)

thesweetcheat Apr 9, 2014

Image of Berwick Bassett Down (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

Looking north, under some fine cirrus.

Image credit: A. Brookes (16.2.2014)

thesweetcheat Apr 9, 2014

Image of Berwick Bassett Down (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

Looking east with Berwick Bassett Down rising behind.

Image credit: A. Brookes (16.2.2014)

thesweetcheat Apr 9, 2014

Articles

Berwick Bassett Down

Round Barrow(s)

Chance Jul 18, 2015

Details of barrows on Pastscape

(“A” SU 11977387; “B” SU 12127391) Tumuli (NR). (1)
Two bowl barrows on Berwick Down, almost destroyed by rabbits.
Berwick Bassett 1 – “A”: Diam 9 paces; height 2‘
Berwick Bassett 1a – “B”: Diam 9 paces; height 1’. (2)

A: SU 11977387 This bowl barrow has been distorted by ploughing, and is now oval, 14m E-W by 10m, and averaging 0.6m high. B: SU 12127391 No trace of this barrow can be located, in an area of quarry upcast. Published 25” surveys revised. (3)
Barrow ‘A’ was identified when the area was mapped at 1:10,000 from air photographs. Barrow ‘B’ could not be identified in an area of quarry upcast. (4-5)

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Round Barrow(s) • 15.57km WSW

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Round Barrow(s) • 17.25km ENE

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Round Barrow(s) • 18.3km ENE
Fognam Clump Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 18.3km ENE

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Holed Stone • 18.34km NE

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2

1
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Round Barrow(s) • 18.51km SE

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