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Details of Long Barrow on Pastscape
A Neolithic long barrow 250m south of Watergate Farm buildings at Longbarrow Clump. The barrow mound is 47m long, 27m wide and is flanked on both sides by a ditch which survive as a buried features up to 8m wide. It is visible as an earthwork, covered by trees, on aerial photographs.
(SU 16364304) Long Barrow (AT). (1)
Grinsell’s 1. Length 133ft, width 60ft, height 7 1/2ft. Orientated E-W, ditches obliterated. (2)
Not recorded by Hoare, or shown on his map. (3)
A long barrow, as measured and described by Grinsell. It is on the slight northern slope of an arable field but the mound is
not being cut into during current ploughing. Surveyed at 1:2500. (4)
Barrow originally recorded as Bulford 1 by Goddard. (5)
The long barrow is visible on aerial photographs, as an earthwork covered by trees. It has been mapped by both RCHME’s Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH’s Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. (7-8)
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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6” Prov.
( 2) General reference Victoria County History: Wiltshire 1 1957 p139
( 3) General reference Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine 38 1913-4 p387
( 4) Field Investigators Comments F1 NVQ 13-JUN-69
( 5) General reference Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 38 1913-14 p215
( 6) General reference English Heritage Schedule Entry 03/01/1997
( 7) Vertical aerial photograph reference number NMR SU 1643/8-9 (CCC 5203/05660-1) 09-FEB-1934
( 8) Vertical aerial photograph reference number NMR OS/70067 205-7 03-MAY-1970
Visited Early Aug 2011
An unexamined late Neolithic Long Barrow with slight traces of it’s side ditches.
The barrow is the hangin’ of teenage, green smoking, special brew crew of Bulford.
Wasn’t riding with my possie when I breezed through on the way to Ratfyn and the new Tesco, but had me some pictures and gassed with the kids for 10 mins. Site had a nice vibe to it.
Not much change here on the scrap metal front since the last field notes were written.
Brothers and Sisters this hood needs cleaning up! Where’s Heritage Action when you need ‘em?
Milston Long Barrow (Small)
Details of Long Barrow on Pastscape
Monument No. 223840 – Milston 40
A long barrow orientated east-west, side ditches ploughed out, (Grinsell’s Milston 40).
‘A’ (SU 21694631) (1)
‘A’ Grinsell’s Milston 40. A long barrow orientated E – W with ploughed down side ditches. Length 88ft width 50ft, height 4ft. (2)
‘A’ SU21694633. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (3)
Originally recorded as Milston 40 by Goddard (4), with an additional description by Cunnington. (5)
This long barrow is positioned 40m N of Milston 39. The mound is 28m long, 14m wide and 1.25m high. It is more rectangular than oval in outline, with a slightly higher central portion 14m x 7m in area. Two flanking side ditches are extant, each 22m in length. Surveyed at 1:500 by RCHME field staff as part of the SPTA Project (see project archive for further details). (6)
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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6” Prov 1961
( 2) General reference VCH Wilts I, 1957, 142 (L.V Grinsell)
( 3) Field Investigators Comments F1 MJF 01-MAR-71
( 4) General reference Wilts Archaeol. Natur. Mag. 38, 1913-14. 291 (E.H Goddard)
( 5) General reference Wilts Archaeol. Natur. Mag. 38, 1913-14. 395 (M.E Cunnington)
( 6) General reference D Field/2-2-95/RCHME;SPTA Project
Milston Long Barrow (Big)
Monument No. 909108 – Milston 39
Details of Long Barrow on Pastscape
A long barrow orientated east-west with berm and side ditches
SU 21704624; A long barrow (1)
Milston 39: A long barrow orientated east-west with a berm and side ditches. Length 160ft, width 70ft, height 7ft. Visible on APs (2-3)
SU 21714625; long barrow re-surveyed at 1:2500. (4)
Originally recorded as Milston 39 by Goddard (5), additional description by Cunnington. (6)
Oriented ENE-WSW, this mound is 48m long and a maximum of 18m wide, inclusive of a berm or raised platform on which the mound appears to have been placed. The maximum height is 2.5m reducing to to 1m. Two flanking, slightly curving side ditches are present. Surveyed at 1:500 by RCHME field staff as part of the SPTA Project (see project archive for further details).(7)
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(1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6” Prov. 1961
(2) General reference VCH Wilts 1 1957, 142 (L.V Grinsell)
(3) General reference Crawford AP 1080, 965
(4) Field Investigators Comments F1 MJF 01-MAR-1971
(5) General reference Wilts Archaeol. Natur. Mag. 38. 1913-14, 291 (E.H Goddard)
(6) General reference Wilts Archaeol. Natur. Mag. 38, 1913-14, 395 (M.E Cunnington)
Visited Early Aug 2011
A pair of Long Barrows lie just off the Tidworth to Bulford road and are very close to the Devil’s Ditch which forms the county line between Wiltshire and Hampshire. A major track runs next to the barrows and the surrounding area is used as an assembly point for the army. There is an area set aside for parking and the site seems to be a favourite for local dog walkers. Public access is not a problem, although the area to the West is part of the MOD ranges and access is prohibited when the red flags are flying. There are a number of round barrows close by, together with numerous earthworks, some prehistoric while others date from the First World War. Some of these First World War trenches were practice trenches dug by WWI solders prior to digging the real thing in France. The better examples are now listed as protected monuments in their own right.
Not sure if this site is unique in having two long barrows side by side but it is the only one I can remember visiting.
Having visited and read up on a lot of long barrows, in my opinion, the southern one of the pair, SU24NW102 (scheduled Monument WI10193), which is the larger of the two, is the original and dates from the early Neolithic, while the smaller, northern one SU24NW101 (scheduled monument WI10194), appears to be from the later Neolithic. Neither barrow shows signs of excavation or examination and there is certainly no account of any such actions on the Wiltshire Sites and Monuments database.
Both barrows are orientated east-west with SU24NW102 having more pronounced side ditches and the remains of a berm. The other barrow, SU24NW101, shows traces of the side ditches created when it was constructed, although these have silted up over time. Both barrows have been protected by posts all the way around and the sites are clearly marked as protected monuments `
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The area around this long barrow is packed with numerous monuments.
This long barrow has a disc barrow and a bowl barrow placed so close to it that all three barrows have been grouped together as Monument No. 218682.
Details of the Long Barrow on Pastscape
Milston 1 (GRINSELL)
A Neolithic long barrow, completely enclosed by a ditch, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. The barrow has been surveyed in the field and also mapped from aerial photographs.
(SU 18974597) Long barrow (AT) (1)
Milston 1. (SU 18974597) A long barrow; NE/SW No.78 in Neolithic Wessex Map. (2)
Milston 1. A small long barrow, 46m x 25m x 1.6m. A completely enclosing ditch appears on the OS air photo, nothing nothing is visible on the ground. Surveyed at 1:2500. (3-4)
Originally recorded as Milston 1 by Goddard. (5)
Oriented NE-SW, the mound stands to 2m high and is 43m long and 23m wide at the broad NE end. Of the flanking ditches, that to the N survives best, being 29m long and 9m wide by 0.3m deep. There is no record of excavation.
The barrow lies within ploughed down field system, and is bordered by a disc barrow (SU 14 NE 127) no more than 8m to the W, and a linear ditch (SU 14 NE), that is aligned on the broad end of the mound. Surveyed at 1:500 by RCHME Field staff as part of the SPTA Project (see archive report for further details). (6)
The long barrow lies within the area covered by both RCHME’s Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH’s Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project, and has been mapped using the aerial photographs mentioned in authority 3-4. (7)
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(1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6” 1961
(2) General reference VCH Wilts 1, 1957, 142 (L.V Grinsell)
(3) Vertical aerial photograph reference number NMR OS/70067 277-278 03-MAY-1970
(4) Field Investigators Comments F1 ANK 16-JUN-71
(5) General reference Wilts Archaeol. Natur. Mag. 38, 1913-14, 289 (E.H Goddard)
(6) General reference D Field/2-2-95/RCHME:SPTA Project
(7) RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment English Heritage: Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project
Details of the Bowl Barrow on Pastscape
Monument No. 915946
A Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs.
A barrow, probably a ditched bowl barrow, is visible on APs at SU 18914592. (1)
SU 18884591. A mound 0.8m high is all that remains of this barrow, though the ditch is clear on the AP. Surveyed at 1:2500. (2)
SU 1887 4591. A Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The barrow is defined by a single ditch 33m in diameter and appears to have a large pit at its centre. It has been mapped, and its location revised, using the aerial photographs mentioned in authority 1. (3)
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( 1) Vertical aerial photograph reference number NMR OS/70067 277-278 03-MAY-1970
( 2) Field Investigators Comments F1 ANK 16-JUN-71
( 3) RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment English Heritage: Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project
Details of the Disc Barrow on Pastscape
Monument No. 915949
A Bronze Age disc barrow has been surveyed in the field and is also visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs.
SU 18934593; A barrow, probably a disc barrow visible on APs. (1)
SU 18924594: A circular ditch 0.2m deep, surrounding a slightly raised interior (0.2m above normal ground level) about 40m in diameter is all that remains of this barrow though there is no visible central tump and the outer bank visible on the APs cannot be seen on the ground. Surveyed at 1:2500. (2)
This disc barrow is situated on the edge of Brigmerston Field, on the false crest above the Nine Mile River. It lies between a long barrow (SU 14 NE 125) and a round barrow (SU 14 NE 126). The barrow measures 62m total diameter, consists of a central tump 17m across and 0.3m high, lying on a platform 28m diameter. This is in turn, surrounded by a ditch 7m wide and 0.5m deep, with corresponding internal bank. The NW portion of the barrow has been ploughed down. Surveyed at 1:500 by RCHME field staff as part of the SPTA Project. Further details can be found within the project archive. (3)
SU 1891 4594. The barrow was mapped, and its location revised, from aerial photographs by both RCHME’s Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH’s Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project, using the photographs mentioned in authority 1. (4)
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( 1) Vertical aerial photograph reference number NMR OS/70607 277-278 03-MAY-1970
( 2) Field Investigators Comments F1 ANK 16-JUN-1971
( 3) General reference D Field/2-2-95/RCHME:SPTA project
( 4) RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment English Heritage: Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project
Details of site on Pastscape
A cave in Cheshire Wood situated within a north-west facing limestone rock face, just below th top of precipitous slopes to the Manifold Valley. Excavations were undertaken between May and December 1959 by Keele University. The cave originally had a stream running through it with a pool at the entrance. Finds included the remains of two adults and two children plus an antler tine, a chert flake and potsherds identified by Stuart Piggott as Neolithic (Windmill Hill “type” ware). Iron age and Roman pottery was also found, the latter possibly associated with a hearth. Some 17th century pottery was also found. All finds are in Stoke-on-Trent Museum.
SK 116536. Cheshire Wood Cave, excavated in 1959 by Keele University. The excavation revealed on the first occuption layer the remains of two adults and two children, pottery identified by S Piggott as probably Windmill Hill type Neolithic ware, animal bones and a deer tine.
The next layer although occupied over a long period produced no litter or animal bones, but patches of charcoal suggesting hearths and a potsherd identified by S C Stanford as Romano-British.
The layer above this yielded a fragment of pottery which could be Iron Age and an iron object, possibly a hinge-plate, on top of which was a thin clay floor and an occupation layer with pottery dating 1650-1700. The finds are in the City Museum, Stoke-on-Trent. (1)
The cave in Cheshire Wood is situated at SK 11295328, within a north west facing limestone rock face, just below the top of precipitous slopes to the Manifold valley. It is 6.0m in width, 6.0m in height and 9.0m in depth, and displays evidence of recent excavation. Divorced survey at 1:2500. (2)
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( 1) The North Staffordshire Field Club transactions Emery, GT. Excavations in Falcon Low and Cheshire Wood Caves in the Manifold Valley 2, 1962 Page(s)35
( 2) Field Investigators Comments F1 ASP 13-NOV-74
( 3) edited by K Branigan and M J Dearne 1992 Romano-British cavemen : cave use in Roman Britain Oxbow monographs 19 Page(s)82
( 4) by Keith Branigan and Martin J Dearne 1991 A gazetteer of Romano-British cave sites and their finds Page(s)11
Details of Long Barrow on Pastscape
Neolithic Long barrow discovered by L.V. Grinsell on Westcot Down. Excavations were carried out on the barrow by J.J. Wymer in 1964. A crouched burial and a later internment were found in a chamber, which consisted of a crude cist-like arrangement of sarsans, at the east end of the barrow. The side ditches produced Windmill Hill sherds below primary silt. Above the primary silt, but below the rapid silting of the south ditch, a broken human skull cap, burnt stones, sherds and animal bones were found. Among the flint implements found during the excavations were leaf shaped, petit tranchet and barbed and tanged arrowheads as well as flakes, scrapers, borers and a core. The long barrow is partially visible as cropmarks of a long mound surrounded by a ditch, on aerial photographs. The barrow appeared not to have been ploughed completely flat.
[SU 3232 8338] Long Barrow [G.T.] (1)
A long barrow was discovered at the south end of the wood on Westcot Down, by L.V. Grinsell in September 1935 (2).
It lies on the boundaries of Kingston Lisle, Lambourn and Sparsholt parishes (3)
The mound, oriented E.N.E by W.S.W., was 220 feet long, 70 feet wide and 4 1/2 feet in height at the higher eastern end, the
greater part of the latter being traversed by a cart track, while the N.E tip lies in the wood. A group of sarsens protrude
at the eastern end, some evidently placed vertically in the ground, and these may indicate a passage and chambers, possibly
of the Wayland’s Smithy type [SU 28 NE 4] Ditches, 5 to 6 yards wide, run along both sides of the barrow and air photos suggest a ditch at the western end separated from the side ditches by slight intervals or causeways (2).
“The type of chambering is unknown, though it may well turn out to be a transepted gallery grave” (4).
The Lambourn long barrow can be dated c.2500-2000 BC(5) Scheduled (6) (2-6)
The western part of the long barrow is being ploughed out, but its limits are clearly defined by the difference in colour
between the dark silted ditches and the light chalk mount. The tops of the sarsens mentioned by Grinsell can be seen
protruding from the top of the mound where it is crossed by a track. Surveyed at 1:2500.
Newbury Museum have a Neolithic flint borer and scrapers from “Lambourn Long Barrow” (Acc No. 1960/8) donated by Reading
Museum. (7)
A crouched burial of late Neolithic date and a later interment in the chamber end of the barrow, were found during excvations
by J.Wymer of Reading Museum. (8)
The barrow was excavated in 1964 by J J Wymer (Reading Museum) for MPBW. The mound was virtually ploughed away but has been
constructed, apparently, as a central core (or spine) of small sarsens edged with turves and chalk heaped over. Nothing was
found in the mound, other than at the east end where there was a crude, cist-like arrangement of small sarsens containing an
unaccompanied crouched burial. The side ditches produced Windmill Hill sherds below primary silt, also a broken antler pick, charcoal, and flint artefacts. At the east end of the south ditch was a broken human skull cap, burnt stones, sherds and animal bones above primary silting, but below loose chalky rubble of rapid silting. There was no ditch around the west end. All finds are in Newbury Museum: among the flints are leaf-shaped, petit-tranchet and barbed and tanged arrowheads, flakes, scrapers, borers and a core. (9)
A c14 date for the barrow of Bc 3415 +- 180, was obtained from wood charcoal submitted to the Geochron Laboratory, Cambridge,
Mass, USA. The sample came from a small patch of burnt wood, on natural chalk under the primary chalk infilling of the south quarry ditch `near its tail end’ (10)
Additional bibliogaphy (11-15)
SU 323834 Long barrow south of Westcot Down. Scheduled No 56. (16)
Other reference. (17)
The Neolithic long barrow, described by the previous authorities, is partially visible on aerial phootgraphs as a cropmark of a long mound surrounded by ditches. 45m of the west end of the barrow was visible but the east end was masked by trees. (18)
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( 1) General reference O.S. 6” 1960
( 2) General reference Berks A.J. 40, 1936 59.62 (L.V.Grinsell)
( 3) General reference Trans. Newbury & Dist.F.C.7,1934-7,191+282 (H Peake)
( 4) General reference Arch of Wessex 1958, 32, (L.V.Grinsell)
( 5) General reference Guide to Prehist. Eng., 1960, 39 (N Thomas)
( 6) General reference A.M.s Eng & Wales, 1961, 19, (M.O.W.)
( 7) Field Investigators Comments F1 GHP 12-DEC-63
( 8) General reference Bull. Brit.Arch.Assn.p.2 Nov 1964
( 9) General reference Berks AJ 62 1965-6 1-16 plans etc (J J Wymer)
(10) General reference Antiquity 44 1970 144 (Notes)
(11) General reference Berks Field Res Grp 3 1965 5-7 (JJ Wymer)
(12) General reference Aer Arch 10 1984 65 fig 65 (G W Allen)
(13) General reference Earthen Long Barrow in Britain 1970 10.168,178 (P Ashbee)
(14) General reference BAR 107 pt 1 1982 182 Beaker Domestic Sites
(15) General reference BAR 35 Earlier Ne of S Eng & its Continental Background 1972 248 (AWR Whittle)
(16) General reference DOE (IAM) SAMS 1988 3 Berks
(17) General reference Oxoniensia 43, 1978, 245 (Brown L)
(18) Oblique aerial photograph reference number NMR SU3283/1-4 (ACA 7090/52-55)
Details of Long Barrow on Pastscape
A Neolithic long barrow, Avebury 47, on the southern slope of Windmill Hill. It was excavated in 1959 when Neolithic and Beaker pottery, antler, bone and flint artefacts and sarsen rubbers were found. Antler samples were radiocarbon dated to 3240 +/- 150 bc. The mound survives as an earthwork circa 58 metres long and up to 34 metres wide, with the side ditches visible as cropmarks. To the north of the long barrow, a poorly defined cropmark of an elongated mound, suggestive of a long barrow, has been recorded, but must be treated with caution due to the poor quality of the cropmark.
(SU 08607052) Long Barrow (NR) (Site of) (1)
Avebury 47, a long barrow (2) (see plan) orientated SE/NW, heavily damaged, with the side-ditches slightly splayed at the NW. Excavated by Ashbee and Smith (3) in 1959. Large quantities of antler, bone, flint artifacts, sarsen rubbers, pottery and pieces of imported rock were recovered from six sections dug across the barrow’s wide shallow ditches. Beaker and other late Neolithic sherds came from the upper silt level of the ditches. Antler samples (4) gave a radiocarbon dating of 3240 +/-150 bc. Crawford’s air photograph (5) suggests another long barrow a few yards away (2), visible as an ovoid shaped cropmark (6) orientated NW/SE. (2-6)
SU 08607049. A mutilated mound, 58.0m long, up to 34.0m wide and 0.6m high, almost certainly the remains of the excavated long barrow. It is orientated NW/SE and lies on a southerly hillslope; there are no traces of the side ditches.
Surveyed at 1:2500. There are no surface indications of a second long barrow (2).
Neither barrow is visible on OS AP 73/071 203. (7)
The final excavation report was published in 1979 (8). The barrow is situated on the southern slope of Windmill Hill c.750m south of the Neolithic enclosure (SU 07 SE 22). An irregular line of intersecting pits were found between the southern ditch and the mound remnant. Blocks of chalk and small chalk rubble appear to have been used in mound construction. The only human bone found was a single femur head in the plough soil over one of the ditches. Finds from the ditches included sherds of Peterborough wares and Beakers, plus flint implements and knapping debris, the pottery occurring in secondary contexts. Earlier Neolithic sherds occurred in plough soil. Roman and medieval potsherds were also found. (8)
Additional references. (9-11)
Neither Goddard nor Smith appear to mention anything resembling a second long barrow (although neither described Avebury 47 as a long barrow), and Grinsell offers no supporting evidence for the statement that a second barrow existed. (12-13)
The side ditches of the long barrow, Avebury 47, were visible as cropmarks (14-15). To the north of the long barrow is a poorly defined cropmark indicative of a mound. This is in the same postion as the mark in the Crawford photograph (5a). However, the quality of the cropmarks is such that the interpretation as a long barrow is difficult to confirm.
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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6” 1925
( 2) edited by R B Pugh and Elizabeth Crittall 1957 A history of Wiltshire: volume 1, part 1 The Victoria history of the counties of England Grinsell, LV. Archaeological Gazetteer Page(s)138
( 3) Antiquity Publications Limited Antiquity Ashbee, P and I Smith. 34, 1960 Page(s)297-9
( 4) Antiquity Publications Limited Antiquity Ashbee, P and I Smith. 40, 1966 Page(s)299
( 5a) Oblique aerial photograph reference number NMR SU 0870/1/6511 18-JUN-1934
( 5) Annotated Record Map Rec 6” (O G S Crawford 14.12.21)
( 6) Annotated Record Map Rec 6” (B A Colmer 21.1.53)
( 7) Field Investigators Comments F1 MJF 10-OCT-73
( 8) Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society Ashbee, P, IF Smith, JG Evans 45, 1979 Page(s)207-227
( 9) by Paul Ashbee 1970 The earthen long barrow in Britain : an introduction to the study of the funerary practice and culture of the Neolithic people of the third millennium Page(s)42-3
(10) The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine Barker, CT 79, 1985 Page(s)22
(11) Ian Kinnes 1992 Non-megalithic long barrows and allied structures in the British Neolithic British Museum occasional papers no.52 Page(s)32
(12) by the Rev A C Smith 1884 Guide to the British and Roman antiquities of the north Wiltshire downs in a hundred square miles round Abury; being a key to the large map of the above
(13) The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine Goddard, EH. A List of Prehistoric, Roman and Pagan Saxon Antiquities in the County of Wiltshire.. 38, 1913-14 Page(s)180
(14) Vertical aerial photograph reference number WCC 3981 042-043 02-AUG-1981
(15) Vertical aerial photograph reference number CUCAP (RC8-DE 78) 05-SEP-1979
Details of site on Pastscape
Broadbury Banks is thought to be an Iron Age enclosure or hillfort which was never completed, or was slighted. An alternative explanation is that it is a fortuitous arrangement of Medieval or Post Medieval hollow ways and quarries leading up the scarp edge. The earthworks are situated on a north facing slope on Wilsford Hill, overlooking the Vale of Pewsey. Where best preserved on the west side, it comprises an inner bank, 8m wide, up to 1.2m high, with an external ditch which is 4m wide and up to 0.4m deep which has an outer bank, 4m wide, and 5m high. The ditch and outer bank are fragmentary. The north and east sides are defined by a simple scarp, increasing in height from 2.0m to a maximum 5.0m at the NE corner. Colt-Hoare investigated the site, published in 1812, but found no evidence of occupation. There is an old chalk quarry at the northern end of the enclosure. If this was once an enclosure then there are no traces on the ground or aerial photographs of a south side, and no entrance gaps are visible in the existing earthworks. The interior has been in arable cultivation, and has been photographed from the air at relatively regular intervals since the 1940s but no interior features have been recorded as cropmarks on aerial photographs so far. Two dark marks in the centre of the enclosure, recorded on 1945 aerial photographs, may be relatively modern and do not seem to represent archaeological remains.
SU 09285556 Broadbury Banks (NAT) Camp (NR). (1)
Broadbury Banks; unfinished or mutilated Iron Age fort of 12 1/2 acres, situated on the slope of the escarpment overlooking the valley. Hoare dug in it, but found no signs of occupation. (2-5)
‘Broadbury Banks’ (name not verified locally), the remains of a probable Iron Age defended enclosue possibly never completed situated upon the northern end of Wilsford Hill at 182m OD. The work measures internally 250.0m N-S by an average 200.0m transversely. Where best preserved on the west side, it comprises an inter bank, 8.0m wide, up to 1.2m high on the interior, dropping 3.0 to 3.5m to a ditch, 4.0m wide and up to 0.4m deep with an outer bank, 4.0m wide, 0.5m high externally. The ditch and outer bank are fragmentary. On the N. and E, the work is reduced to a simple scarp, increasing in height from 2.0m to a maximum 5.0m at the NE corner. There are no traces on ground or APs (5) of a south side to the enclosure, and no entrance gaps in the existing work. The interior is arable under wheat when visited, and the greater part of the surviving perimeter bank is covered by trees and scrub. Published 1:2500 AM survey revised. (6)
The earthworks described above are recorded on aerial photographs. There is an old chalk quarry at the northern end. There is no evidence on aerial photographs that there was a south side, if this was once an enclosure. The “interior” has been in arable cultivation, and has been photographed from the air at relatively regular intervals since the 1940s but no features have been recorded as cropmarks on aerial photographs so far. Two dark marks in the centre of the enclosure, recorded on 1945 aerial photographs, may be relatively modern and do not seem to represent archaeological remains. (5,7)
Field reconnaissance during the Salisbury Plain Training Area survey suggested that Broadbury Banks is not an unfinished hillfort but a fortuitous arrangement of Medieval or Post Medieval hollow ways leading up the escarpment. (8)
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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6” 1961
( 2) Externally held archive reference Arch of Wessex 1958 174 (L V Grinsell)
( 3) Externally held archive reference VCH Wilts 1 pt 1 1957 270 (L V Grinsell)
( 4) Externally held archive reference Ancient Wilts South 1812 177 (R C Hoare)
( 5) Vertical aerial photograph reference number NMR RAF/106G/UK/942 4128-9 19-OCT-1945
( 6) Field Investigators Comments F1 ASP 02-JUN-77
( 7) Vertical aerial photograph reference number NMR MAL/71016 143-4 23-MAR-1971
( 8) Externally held archive reference McOmish D, Field D & Brown G 2002 The Field Archaeology of Salisbury Plain Training Area.. Swindon: English Heritage Page(s)81
Details of Long Barrow on Pastscape
Site of a Neolithic chambered tomb excavated in 1965 when human remains and Windmill Hill pottery were found.
[ST 7808 4890] STANDING STONE [OE] (Human bones found A.D. 1819) (1)
A large, chambered barrow, was completely levelled when the garden of Fromefield House was extended in, or about, 1820. Five
chambers, containing skeletons and pottery, were revealed, also a large stone which was reported as ‘covering them’. The bones were left in situ and the stone, some 5 ft. high, erected over the site. (a)
Neolithic ‘A’ sherds from this Long Barrow are in Taunton Museum. (4)
Standing Stone – scheduled. (5)
The stone, which is 6 ft. x 3 ft. x 1 1/2 ft. stands, where published, in a thickly overgrown piece of ground owned by Mr. Cuss, formerly a gardener at Fromefield House: he has not found any re-interred bones. There is no trace of a mound.
Two stones at ST 7817 4897, in the garden of ‘Stonelands’, are thought to come from this barrow; both are standing, one 5 ft. and the other 2 ft. high. (See GP. AO/64/268/2). In the garden of ‘Ormonde’, at ST 7818 4897, is a prostrate stone measuring 6 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 1/4 ft. Surveyed at 1/2500. (6)
Two cuttings made in 1965 revealed that the mound was constructed of limestone slabs. Bases of six stoneholes were found, human bones, and some pottery. The remaining capstone, placed in a vertical position in 1820, was removed. (7)
The 1965 excavation was made for DOE prior to the levelling of the site and the building of a housing estate. The area had been much disturbed by the 1820 landscape gardening, but slight remains of a barrow mound were detected around the reset marker stone. Excavation across this mound and at the marker stone position discovered: (a) Six shallow holes, apparently randomly spaced, which could not be satisfactorily interpreted; (b) an aggregation of limestone slabs, which could have represented a collapsed peristalith or revetment wall, or might have been merely mound material; (c) fragmentary human bones representing at least 15 individuals, though most of the major bones were missing; (d) a few sherds of Windmill Hill pottery. It was concluded that the monument had been a stone-chambered tomb typologically similar to West Kennet. (8)
Details of Hillfort on Pastscape
Iron Age hillfort partly levelled in 1931.
A field survey carried out in 1993 by RCHME found the site to comprise a shallow sub-circular earthwork enclosing an area of about 1.8 hectares. The earthwork consists of a bank with external ditch, and hints of a counterscarp. Vestiges of a `celtic’ field system evidently underlying the enclosure remain, and spread north. Also noted were a number of parchmarks which probably represent the position of small pits. The hillfort may have been known as Cissanbyrig, one of the unidentified forts of the `Burghal Hidage’.
(SU 15195387) Chisenbury Camp (LB). (1)
A roughly circular IA ‘A’ hill fort, levelled in 1931 when the airfield was extended. Chisenbury Trendle as it was known, is
described as having an area of 5 acres and circumference of 594 yards. The rampart was 16 feet deep, though this seems doubtful as prior to levelling the best preserved, and seemingly little cultivated, portion was less than 6 feet high. Hoare believed the entrance to be in the south, where vestiges of an outwork were visible. Finds, in Devizes Museum, include a considerable amount of pottery, a piece of loom weight, three worked discs of chalk, a bone ‘counter’ and a human jawbone. Chisenbury Camp may be “Cissanbyrig”, one of the unidentified forts of the ‘Burghal Hidage’ (4).
Visible on AP. (2-5)
The rampart of this settlement remains as a spread bank 0.3 metres high, except in the south, where a scarp remains up to 1metre high, in a ploughed field. There is no trace of an entrance or of the outwork, either on the ground or on OS APs. Locally called “Chisenbury Camp”. Surveyed at 1:2500 from OS APs. (6)
Surveyed at 1:1000 by RCHME field staff as part of the SPTA Project (see archive report for further details). The site consists of a shallow sub-circular earthwork enclosing an area of about 1.8 hectares, and which consists of a bank with external ditch, and hints of a counterscarp. Vestiges of a `celtic’ field system evidently underlying the enclosure remain, and spread north. Also noted were a number of parchmarks which probably represent the position of small pits. (7)
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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6” Prov
( 2) The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine (M E Cunnington) 46 (1932-4) Page(s)1-3
( 3) General reference Ancient Wiltshire, 1. 192 (R Colt Hoare)
( 4) Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology (N Brooks) 8 (1964) Page(s)74-90
( 5) Aerial photograph AP CPE/UK/1821/3146
( 6) Field Investigators Comments F1 MHB 13-MAR-73
( 7) General reference D Field, D. Mcomish/02-FEB-1995/RCHME:SPTA Project
Details of site on Pastscape
An Iron Age enclosed settlement, which is roughly square/ sub rectangular in plan. It features a counterscarped bank with a causway entrance in the south side near the south-east corner. Excavations carried out in 1914 yielded Iron Age “La-Tene” style artefacts, as well as small quantities of Romano-British pottery. The relationships between fragments of “celtic” field systems in the area and the settlement are not clear.
(SU 16645335) Lidbury Camp (LB). (1)
A roughly square IA ‘A’ enclosure surrounded by a ? contemporary field system. A bank and ditch extend from the enclosure to the south and west. Excavated in 1914 the site yielded a La Tene IIIA bronze brooch, bone implements, a chalk spindle whorl, clay sling bullets, and pottery including haematite-coated smooth black, furrowed bowl (cf Little Woodbury) and shallow-tooled ware. (2)
A roughly square enclosed settlement of slightly less than one hectare comprises a single bank 1.8m high above an outer ditch 1.0m deep. A counterscarp bank 0.2m high, remains on the S and W sides, but probably originally extended around the N and E sides. A simple causeway entrance 6.0m wide in the S side near the SE corner is set at a slight angle. The SE corner of the settlement appears to have been re-aligned around a depression, 20.0m diameter and 1.4m deep, within the enclosure. The whole settlement is well preserved and lies on high ground in open downland. It is not now possible to ascertain the relationship between the enclosure and the surrounding field system (SU 15 SE 20). The name “Lidbury Camp” is still applied. Re-surveyed from OS AP control at 1:2500. (3)
Small enclosure surveyed at 1:1000 by RCHME field staff as part of the SPTA Project (see archive report for further details). Sub-rectangular in outline and of less than 0.5ha in area, defined by a bank and external ditch. Traces of a `celtic’ field system and linear ditches lie within the immediate area. (4-6)
Addititional surveys (7-8)
The original report of the excavation referred to in source 2 was published in 1917. The excavation suggested two phases of construction, particularly around the area of the entrance. Iron Age and Romano-British artefacts were found. the report contains plans, section drawings and illustrations of finds. (9)
Lidbury Camp is a sub-square enclosure measuring up to 90 metres across. It forms part of a Scheduled Monument. (10)
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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6” Prov
( 2) Victoria County History of Wiltshire 1, 1957 Page(s)69, 265
( 3) Field Investigators Comments F1 MHB 21-MAR-73
( 4) Lidbury/pencil survey Lidbury/ink survey
( 5) Lidbury/report
( 6) Field Investigators Comments D Field, D Mcomish/26-1-95/RCHME:SPTA Project
( 7) SU 15 SE 6 (Lidbury Camp) and 29 (1973)
( 8) Lidbury/ink survey
( 9) The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine 40, 1917 Page(s)12-36
(10) Scheduled Monument Notification Scheduled 12-FEB-1990
Details of site on Pastscape
An Iron Age univallate enclosure, known as Guthredesburg in AD 921.
(SU 2176 5775) Godsbury (Guthredes Burg) (NR) (1)
Known as ‘Guthredesburg’ in the Saxon charter of AD 921 and as Gosbury in 1773. (2)
A roughly circular univallate earthwork enclosure of 1 1/2 acres. I A ? (3)
The oval earthwork, which occupies a commanding hilltop postition, comprises a bank up to 1.2 metres high externally and 0.5 metres internally. There is no discernible trace of a ditch and the entrance is not obvious on the south side (the northern part of the earthwork being under standing corn). The interior is covered by vegetation; nothing visible on OSAPs.
Probably an IA enclosure, still known as “Godsbury”. Published survey 1:2/500 revised. (4)
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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6” 1926
( 2) General reference EPNS, 16, Wilts, 1939, 346. (Gover, Mawer and
( 3) General reference V C H Wilts, 1, pt 1, 1957, 264. (L V Grinsell)
( 4a) General reference OSAPs 71/476 86, 87
( 4) Field Investigators Comments F1 MJF 27-JUN-72
Details of Long Barrow on Pastscape
A long barrow, destroyed, orientation and dimensions unknown
SU 199518; Fittleton 5a. A long barrow. destroyed, orientation and dimensions unknown. Probable site at SU 19925171 which looks like a lynchet bank. (1)
Colt Hoare’s map suggests that Fittleton 5a is probably more appropriately sited at SU 199522. (2)
No trace of the long barrow can be found in the vicinity of SU 199522. (3)
Originally recorded as Fittleton 5a by Goddard. (4)
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( 1) General reference VCH Wilts. 1. 1957, 140 (L.V Grinsell)
(1a) General reference Wilts. Archaeol. Natur. Hist. Mag. 38, 1913-14, 409 (M.E Cunnington)
( 2) General reference Ancient Wilts. 1. 1812, Map of Stn VI 178 (R. Colt Hoare)
( 3) Field Investigators Comments F1 MHB 20-MAR-73
( 4) General reference Wilts. Archaeol. Natur. Hist. Mag. 38. 1913-14. 256. (E.H Goddard)
Details of Long Barrow on Pastscape
A long barrow, (Grinsell’s Fittleton 5), excavated by Cunnington who located inhumations beneath a pile of flints at the NNE end.
(SU 19885166) Long Barrow (LB). (1)
Fittleton 5. Long barrow; 140 x 55 x 4 1/2 ft. NNE/SSW. Side ditches clear. Excavated W Cunnington: primary deposit of many disordered skeletons beneath heap of flints at NNE end. Skull in Camb Anat Museum. (2)
SU 19895166. The long barrow is as described by Grinsell, although only traces of the side ditches remain. Published Survey 25” revised. (3)
Originally recorded as Fittleton 5 by Goddard. (4)
This long barrow was surveyed at 1:500 by RCHME field staff as part of the SPTA Project (see project archive of further details). Oriented ENE, the mound is 45m long and 17m wide at the E end, tapering to 9m. It attains a maximum height of 1.5m at the E end. The two extant flanking ditches, measure a maximum 42m long and 13m wide and survive to a depth of 0.5m. That to the S being wider, perhaps because of weathering. The barrow is surrounded by a `celtic’ field system, overlain by ridge and furrow, but except perhaps for the ditches the barrow itself does not appear to have been affected.(5)
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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6” Prov
( 2a) General reference Wilt Archaeol. Natur. Hist. Mag. 38, 1913-14, 409 (M.E Cunnington)
( 2) General reference VCH Wilts 1 1957 140 (L.V Grinsell)
( 3) Field Investigators Comments F1 MHB 20-MAR-73
( 4) General reference Wilts. Archaeol. Natur. Hist. Mag. 38. 1913-14. 256. (E.H Goddard)
( 5) General reference D Field/2-2-95/RCHME:SPTA Project
Details of Long Barrow on Pastscape
A Neolithic long barrow orientated northeast-southwest on a low ridge in open downland, which now forms part of the Larkhill Artillery Range impact zone. Field investigations by RCHME field staff as part of the Salisbury Plain Training Area project in 1995 found the mound almost 2 metres high at the east end, measuring 53 metres long, tapering from 27 metres wide at the broad east end, down to 15 metres. The flanking ditches were slightly curved, 45 metres long, 10 metres wide and 1.25 metres deep with a weathered edge to the south ditch. Slight traces of `celtic’ fields surround the barrow and it has been severely damaged by military activity. Consequently, the mound, and side ditches, had been extensively damaged by shell-fire. A terrace had been cut along the top of the barrow’s north side, it was also surmounted by an Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar, now blasted down to ground level, gunnery-beacons, and a flagstaff. J.Thurnam excavated the barrow before 1869 locating a secondary Saxon inhumation. A Bronze Age spearhead also has been found.
(SU 07305137) Ell Barrow (NAT) Long Barrow (NR). (1)
Ell Barrow, orientated east to west, length 170 feet. Cunnington records a trampled but still distinct ditch. Thurnam excavated the barrow pre 1869 finding a secondary Saxon burial at 1 ft – 2 ft depth. The skull had a long cleft, apparently from a sword blow. (2-4) Burial listed by Meaney. (5)
Middle Bronze Age spearhead from Ell Barrow. Circumstances of finding unknown but probably a surface or sub-surface find. In Newbury Museum. (6)
SU 07305137 ‘Ell Barrow’ (name unverified) a severely mutilated earthen long barrow; clearly defined on OS APs (7). The mound
orientated northeast/southwest is 51.5 metres long, 1.4 metres high at the west end rising to 1.8 metres high at the east end; it has a maximum central width of about 36 metres, and is up to 1.8 metres high on the south side and 2.4 metres on the south side, above the ditch bottoms. Existing lateral ditches average 45 metres long, 9 metres wide and 1.2 metres deep, but with reference to Cunnington’s remark (3) the ditches have almost certainly been subsequently deepened for military purposes. ‘Ell Barrow’ is conspicuously sited on a low ridge in open downland, which now forms part of the Larkhill Artillery Range impact zone. Consequently, the mound, and side ditches, have been extensively damaged by shell-fire.
A terrace has been cut along the top of the barrow’s north side, it is also surmounted by an OS, triangulation pillar (now
blasted down to ground level); gunnery-beacons, and a flagstaff.
Resurveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. (8)
Originally recorded as Wilsford 3 by Goddard. (9)
This trapezoidal mound was surveyed at 1:500 by RCHME field staff as part of the SPTA Project (SPTA no. 820, 822, 834), see project archive for further details. It stands almost 2 metres high at the east end and measures 53 metres long, tapering from 27 metres wide at the broad east end, down to 15 metres. The flanking ditches are slightly curved, 45 metres long, 10 metres wide and 1.25 metres deep with a weathered edge to the south ditch. There are slight traces of `celtic’ fields surrounding the barrow and it has been severely damaged by military activity. (10)
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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 25” 1939
( 2) edited by R B Pugh and Elizabeth Crittall 1957 A history of Wiltshire: volume 1, part 1 The Victoria history of the counties of England Page(s)122
( 3) The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine M E Cunnington 38, 1913-4 Page(s)405
( 4) Society of Antiquaries of London Archaeologia : or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity J Thurnam 42, 1869 page(s)196
( 5) by Audrey Meaney 1964 A gazetteer of early Anglo-Saxon burial sites Page(s)267
( 6) Royal Archaeological Institute The Archaeological Journal H H Coghlan 51, 1971 Page(s)298-9
( 7) Aerial photograph OS 76/185/277-78
( 8) Field Investigators Comments F1 JWS 20-APR-1978
( 9) The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine EH Goddard 38, 1913-4 Page(s)342
(10) Field Investigators Comments D Field/27-JAN-1995/RCHME:Salisbury Plain Training Area Project
Details of Barrow on Pastscape
A bowl barrow now pitted by shell craters, impossible to ascertain whether it was originally encircled by a ditch.
(SU 08765117) Slay Barrow (NR). (1)
Slay Barrow (Rushall 1), a bowl barrow very damaged by shell fire. (2)
SU 08755117. ‘Slay Barrow’ (name not verified), a prominent bowl barrow measuring about 24.0m in diameter and a height 1.9m; it is now pitted all over with shell craters and exhibits a distorted profile. The churned-up surrounding ground makes it
impossible to determine, by inspection, if the barrow was originally encircled by a ditch. Poorly defined on OS AP (3).
Situated in undulating downland, which now forms part of the Larkhill Artillery Range impact area. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. (4)
Originally recorded as Rushall 1 by Goddard. (5)
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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 25” 1939
( 2) General reference VCH Wilts 1 pt 1 1957 189 (L V Grinsell)
( 3) General reference OS 76/185/275
( 4) Field Investigators Comments F1 JWS 20-APR-78
( 5) General reference Wilts Archaeol. Natur. Mag. 38, 1913-14. 315 (E.H Goddard)
“The Scheme’s database holds records of artefacts and coins found by the public, whilst pursuing a wide range of activities (the majority from metal detecting). We do not record details of objects found by archaeologists, and these data can be found within the local Historic Environment Office.”
“The half a million objects recorded mark was reached on March 21st 2010.”
Iron age gold coins go on disply in Market Harborough. Article from Leicestershire County Council’s website:
“This hoard of ten gold Iron Age coins was found in 2010 by Steve Bestwick whilst metal detecting on fields near Peatling Magna, in the District of Harborough. They will be displayed permanently at Harborough Museum from Tuesday 17 July 2012.
The coins were probably produced between 60-50 BC in Gallia Belgica, the Latin name for modern north western France and the Low Countries. They show a stylised horse moving right, surrounded by symbols on one side and are blank on the other.
These coins are slightly earlier than the majority of the coins in the Hallaton Treasure which is also displayed at Harborough Museum. It is rare to find hoards of early imported coins so far north, others are confined to East Anglia and the South East.”
Further info and images of the coins can be found on the Portable Antiquities Scheme
The Hallaton Shrine
“The Treasure was found in an Iron Age shrine dating from around 50 BC through to the Roman invasion of AD 43. Archaeologists believe that the site is a type of open air shrine that is the first of its kind to have been discovered in the UK. It was located on a hilltop and was probably enclosed by a ditch with a palisade to one side.
No building was discovered inside the enclosure and archaeologists believe that people were worshipping some natural feature – trees, stones or perhaps even wooden idols.
The shrine was witness to a lot of activity from the turn of the 1st century AD until the time of the Roman invasion. Worshippers were burying their riches, feasting and sacrificing.
Watch a slide show to see what was happening over the years of The Hallaton Shrine” at Leicestershire County Council’s website.
“Evidence of a new kind of shrine?
In CA 233 we reported on the discovery at Hallaton, in Leicestershire, of a rare Roman cavalry parade helmet. It was just one of a number of items of treasure found at a pre-Roman shrine that continues to excite debate. Frank Hargrave, Project Officer at the Harborough Museum describes the other finds.”
The full article can be read in Archaeology 236.
archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/the-hallaton-treasure-evidence-of-a-new-kind-of-shrine.htm
The Hallaton Treasure – The Coins
The treasure includes more than 5,000 silver and gold coins.
Experts estimate that most of the coins date from about 50 BC to slightly beyond the Roman conquest. However, there are over 300 Roman coins which date to later activity at the site, right up to the 4th century AD.
The Treasure also includes the oldest Roman coin ever found in Britain.
View a slide show of the coins at Leicestershire County Council‘s website
Loyal dog still guarding coins after 2,000 years
“Archaeologists have pieced together the remains of a 2,000-year-old guard dog whose spirit is believed to have protected a hoard of treasure. The skeleton, which is about the same size as that of a retriever or Alsatian, was discovered in a pit at the site of an Iron Age shrine in Hallaton, near Market Harborough.
The hoard was discovered a decade ago and is now housed in a gallery at Harborough Museum.
The dog’s skeleton, which was pieced together by experts from the University of Leicester’s archaeological services, will go on show at the museum for the first time on Saturday.”
More at:
thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Loyal-dog-guarding-coins-2-000-years/story-12040212-detail/story.html
Details of Long Barrow on Pastscape
A Neolithic long barrow is visible as earthworks and a pair of upstanding stones on aerial photographs. The site comprises an oval mound which measures 48.0m long, and 28.0m wide across the centre, at which point it has been almost flattened; it attains a height of about 0.5m at the east. The longer axis of the mound is oriented ENE-WSW, and it is surrounded by a circa 2 metre wide raised strip, likely to be the result of plough damage. This site has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the Cotswolds Hills National Mapping Programme.
SO 96490659 Hoar Stone (NAT) Long Barrow (NR) (1)
A long barrow 120 ft long by 90 ft wide and 3 ft high, orientated east to west with a large stone, the Hoar Stone, placed at the east end, probably as some kind of fake portal. To the south of the centre of the barrow is a large prostrate slab; the capstone of the chamber excavated by Anthony Preston in 1806, in which he found the remains of 8 or 9 skeletons. The chamber was divided into two segments. (2-4)
Hoar Stone (NAT) Long Barrow and Burial Chambers (NR) (Remains of) (NAT) (5)
An extremely mutilated long barrow, oriented east-west situated in arable, below the crest of a wide spur at about 700 ft (213.0 m) above sea level. The mound, now extensively spread by ploughing, is 48.0 m long, and 28.0 m wide across the centre, at which point it has been almost flattened; it attains a height of about 0.5 m at the east and 0.9 m at the west end. There are no traces of side ditches. The ‘Hoar Stone’ (name verified, and in local use) or ‘Flight Stone’ (a) is a large lozenge shaped, weathered sarsen, 1.9 m high to its point, 2.0 m wide at base and 1.0 m thick, it leans at about 30o out of vertical. The kite shaped capstone, 2.7 m long, 2.0 m wide and 0.3 m thick appears to be in situ. A chamber (with? dividing wall), now full of limestone fragments, is partly visible beneath the slab. Several earth-fast stones, set on edge, are visible on the unploughed portion of the mound (24.0 m east/west by 9.5 m north/south in extent) which is now under a cover of uncultivated vegetation. Long barrow resurveyed at 1:2500 on AM. (6)
A Neolithic long barrow is visible as earthworks and a pair of upstanding stones on aerial photographs. The site is centred on SO 9649 0659 and comprises an oval mound which measures 48.0m long, and 28.0m wide across the centre, at which point it has been almost flattened; it attains a height of about 0.5m at the east. The longer axis of the mound is oriented ENE-WSW, and it is surrounded by a circa 2 metre wide raised strip, likely to be the result of plough damage. The pair of capstones are clearly visible on aerial photographs, and their dimensions compare with those given by authority 6 above (7).
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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6” 1960
( 2) by Glyn E Daniel 1950 The prehistoric chamber tombs of England and Wales Page(s)221
( 3) Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 1960 (O’Neill and Grinsell) 79 Page(s)77
( 4) Aerial photograph RAF 541/17 4091-2, 14-MAY-1948
( 5) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 25” 1919
( 6a) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments
( 6) Field Investigators Comments F1 JWS 08-OCT-77
( 7) Scheduled Monument Notificationn 20-Aug-1998
( 8) Oblique aerial photograph reference number NMR SO 9606/6 NMR 23685/07 18-OCT-2004
Details of Long Barrow on Pastscape
Neolithic crematorium long barrow, trapezoidal mound incorporating a morturary enclosure, excavated c 1850 and 1960, slightly ploughed down, but still well-defined. Finds included Neolithic pottery, flint and stone implements.
TA 0296 7608. TUMULI [NR]. (1)
Willerby Wold Long Barrow was excavated by Greenwell in the mid-19th century, and shown to be one of the crematorium long barrows peculiar to Yorkshire.
From 1958-60 a more extensive excavation was undertaken to clear the whole eastern end of the mound. The barrow was a trapezoidal mound 122ft long, 35ft broad at the east end and flanked by ditches on the north and south sides. It had been erected over the site of a trapezoidal mortuary enclosure which had had a post-set facade at the eastern end incorporating a ritual-pit at the centre and another set behind. Bones of several bodies had been placed in the crematorium deposit and had been cremated by the firing of the deposit after the erection of the mound. (See plans).
Finds included Neolithic pottery (carinated bowls of Piggott’s Grimston Ware) and flint and stone implements. The sherds found by Greenwell Collection in the British Museum. (2)
The adjacent round barrow is referred to by Greenwell and included with several others, “...most of which I have opened.” (3)
Slightly ploughed down, but still well-defined. Published survey (25”) correct. (4)
TA 0295 7607. Long barrow, 750m NW of High Forden Farm. Scheduled RSM number 23801. (5)
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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6” map, 1912
( 2) General reference PPS, vol 29, 1963, p 173-205, Excavn Re . plans, photos figs (T G Manby)
( 3) General reference British Barrows, 1878, p 487 (W Greenwell)
( 4) General reference Field Investigator, RWE, 15-MAY-1968
( 5) General reference English Heritage, Scheduling Amendment, 25-MAR-1994
Details of Long Barrow on Pastscape
An earth and stone Neolithic long barrow up to 33m long orientated ENE-WSW. It is up 2m high and 16m wide at the eastern end but reduces in both width and height towards the western end where it measures up to 1m high and 7m wide.
(NY 61541199) (46) Mound of long barrow form, 175 yds SSW of 27 (NY 61 SW 33) – of piled stones partly turf covered, 87’ long and tapers from 49’(at E end) to 25’ wide. (1)
An elongated mound of consolidated stone which has all the attributes of a long cairn. It is orientatd east and west, is “whale shaped” in profile and measures 30.0m in length. At the highest part, to the east, the mound is 1.0m high and 14.0m wide and it tapers to 0.5m high and 7.0m wide at the west end. Surveyed at 1:10 000. (2)
Additional reference. (3)
NY 61521198 Cow Green long barrow. An earth and stone mound up to 33m long orientated ENE-WSW. It is up 2m high and 16m wide at the eastern end but reduces in both width and height towards the western end where it measures up to 1m high and 7m wide; scheduled. (4)
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( 1) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England 1936 An inventory of the historical monuments in Westmorland Page(s)89
( 2) Field Investigators Comments F1 BHP 18-APR-75
( 3) edited by Roger Miket and Colin Burgess 1984 Between and beyond the Walls : essays on the prehistory and history of north Britain in honour of George Jobey Masters L The Neolithic Long Cairns of Cumbria and Northumberland Page(s)52-73
( 4) General reference English Heritage SAM Amendment 12.8.92