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Wilsford 65
Hob Uid: 1110638
Location : Wiltshire Wilsford cum Lake
Grid Ref : SU1201039740
Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow, listed by Grinsell as Wilsford 65 and part of the barrow cemetery recorded as SU 13 NW 1. Excavated in the early 19th century by Colt Hoare, who found two primary cremations within the same "cist" or pit, one within an Enlarged Food Vessel, the other with a bronze dagger which had clearly been subjected to heating. A secondary cremation was found on the ground surface beneath the barrow mound. The Food Vessel and dagger are in Devizes Museum. The barrow is extant as an earthwork mound, possibly of more than one phase, 2.2 metres high and 40 metres in diameter, damage by tree throws, surrounded by a ditch surviving 0.1m deep on the W side.
More information : Principle sources. (1-5) Wilsford 65: a large bowl barrow; the mound is approximately 2.2m high and the ditch is visible on the W side, 0.1m deep; there is a regular break of slope, or ledge, around the W side of the mound, adding to the evidence from excavation (authority 1) for multiple phasing; the top and sides of the mound have been damaged by tree throws; surveyed at 1:1000. (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, p56 no. 365, & p62 no. 487
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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, VESSEL, DAGGER
Object Material : Pottery, Bronze

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU13NW624
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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 105
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2008-01-01
End Date : 2013-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Wilsford 65