Sparsholt Down (edge of)

Round Barrow(s)
SU339843
Disputed

Nearest town:

Wantage (7km ENE)

OS reference:

SU339843

OS sheet:

174

Latitude:

51° 33' 21.73 N

Longitude:

1° 30' 39.49 W

Added to TMA by

wysefool

Images (2)
Fieldnotes (1)

Images

Image of Sparsholt Down (edge of) (Round Barrow(s)) by wysefool

Looking out from the site.

Image credit: Wysefool

wysefool Mar 26, 2007

Image of Sparsholt Down (edge of) (Round Barrow(s)) by wysefool

The barrow is in the main clump of beech trees adjacent to the road.

Image credit: Wysefool

wysefool Mar 26, 2007

Articles

Sparsholt Down (edge of)

Round Barrow(s)

wysefool Mar 26, 2007

Adjacent to the road that passes close by and in a clump of beech trees, is a worn out barrow. A circular ditch can still be made out that surrounds the central (and much denuded) burial mound. I suspect that it is bronze age (its close to the lambourn seven barrows group and opposite a tumulus on the other side of the road).

The fence that now runs down the side of the road was added a few years ago. The other clumps of beech trees that occur along the road may also be barrows, but it is difficult to be sure. This one has a definate circular ditch around it.

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