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Wilsford 62

Hob Uid: 1110547
Location :
Wiltshire
Wilsford cum Lake
Grid Ref : SU1184039770
Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow, listed by Grinsell as Wilsford 62 and part of the barrow group recorded as SU 13 NW 1. Excavated in the early 19th century by Colt Hoare, who found a primary inhumation with a Beaker, the latter now being in Devizes Museum. The barrow is extant as an earthwork mound 1.8 - 2.1 metres high and 35 metres in diameter but is now covered by dense vegetation and there is no trace of a surrounding ditch.
More information : Principle sources. (1-4)

Wilsford 62: a large bowl barrow now covered by dense vegetation; the mound, approximately 1.8m high, has suffered considerable damage from burrowing animals; excavated by Cunnington (authority 2); there are now no visible traces of the surrounding ditch seen by a previous investigator (5);the barrow could not be properly surveyed due to the state of vegetation. (6)
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Source details : Grinsell, LV. Archaeological Gazetteer
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Source details : Annable, FK & DDA Simpson. 1964. Guide Catalogue to the Neolithic and Bronze Age Collections in Devizes Museum, p43 no. 135
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Source details : AN King, OS Field Investigator, 1st May 1972
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Source details : MCB Bowden 2010 Wilsford Barrows: Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project, EH
Page(s) : 6, 12-13, 17
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Vol(s) : 108-2010
Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Early Bronze Age
Display Date : Early Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -1600
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Inhumation
Evidence : Earthwork, Sub Surface Deposit
Components and Objects:
Period : Early Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Inhumation
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery
Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU13NW616
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 060
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 13 NW 102
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2008-01-01
End Date : 2013-12-31