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Wilsford 64
Hob Uid: 1110612
Location : Wiltshire Wilsford cum Lake
Grid Ref : SU1193039750
Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow, listed by Grinsell as Wilsford 64 and part of the barrow cemetery recorded as SU 13 NW 1. Excavated in the early 19th century by Colt Hoare, who found a primary cremation, a small flanged bronze axe, a perforated bone pin, and a bone ring, all in a "cist" or pit covered by a flint cairn. All the artefacts except the ring are in Devizes Museum. The barrow is extant as an earthwork mound, probably of two phases, 1.5 metres high and 43 metres in diameter, surrounded by a ditch up to 0.4m deep.
More information : Principle sources. (1-4) Wilsford 64: a large bowl barrow up to about 1.5m high with a surrounding ditch up to 0.4m deep; there is a regular break of slope around the western side of the mound, suggesting the possibility of more than one phase of construction; excavated by Cunnington (authority 2); surveyed at 1:1000. (5)

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Source details : Grinsell, LV. Archaeological Gazetteer
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Source details : Annable, FK & DDA Simpson. 1964. A Guide Catalogue to the Neolithic and Bronze Age Collections in Devizes Museum, p52 nos 314-5
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Source details : MCB Bowden 2010 Wilsford Barrows: Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project, EH
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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, Pit
Evidence : Earthwork, Sub Surface Deposit

Components and Objects:

Period : Early Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Pit
Object Type : CREMATION, FLANGED AXEHEAD, PIN, RING
Object Material : Bone, Bronze

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU13NW620
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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 104
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2008-01-01
End Date : 2013-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Wilsford 64