Sugar Hill

Nearest town:
Swindon (11km W)
OS reference:
SU2416478427
OS sheet:
174
Latitude:
51° 30' 13.51 N
Longitude:
1° 39' 6.54 W
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Image of Sugar Hill (Round Barrow(s)) by GLADMAN

The Aldbourne Four Barrows, a fabulous quartet, lies beyond and to the right of the far trees; the ‘Aldbourne 7’ barrow stands behind a vicious barbed wire fence to the left.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Sugar Hill (Round Barrow(s)) by GLADMAN

Where’s the Mam C when I need her – I mean really need her – for scale duties.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Sugar Hill (Round Barrow(s)) by GLADMAN

Love the little tree... “I aint goin’ nowhere for no one, me”.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Sugar Hill (Round Barrow(s)) by GLADMAN

Looking approx south toward the wooded site of the excellent Giant’s Grave. To be fair this monument gracing Sugar Hill is arguably even more deserving of that moniker. The whimsy of local folklore can be so cruel to some Bronze Age spirits, you know?

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Image of Sugar Hill (Round Barrow(s)) by GLADMAN

The magnificent round barrow crowning Sugar Hill... the sheer size and preservation fair blew me away, so it did.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Sugar Hill
Round Barrow(s)
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GLADMAN Jan 21, 2018

According to the Aldbourne Heritage Centre this, in my opinion, quite superb example of a bowl barrow... complete with enigmatic little tree upon the summit... is:

“..set below the crest of a steep west- facing slope in an area of undulating chalk downland. The barrow mound is 3m high and 23m in diameter. Surrounding the mound is a ditch c.3m wide from which material for the mound was quarried. This has filled in over the years and now survives as a buried feature visible as a ring of darker earth on the east and north sides of the mound. The site was partially excavated by Canon Greenwell, a prolific excavator of barrows, between 1885 and 1890. Finds included the cremated remains of an adult set in a cist, or stone-lined box, and covered by a cairn. The cremation was accompanied by a bronze dagger and bone pin.”

Located a little under a mile to the approx north-west of the justly celebrated ‘Four Barrows’, I reckon this massive monument, with sweeping views across to the ‘Giant’s Grave’, is due a lot more celebration in it’s own right.

More from the Aldbourne Heritage Centre here:
aldbourneheritage.org.uk/village-history/aldbourne-timeline/prehistory-aldbourne/aldbourne-barrows

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