More information : NB this barrow was originally recorded as part of SU 16 SW 17. That record should be consulted for some additional sources and information.
Wilcot 5. Disc barrow. Excavated by William Cunnington. On sttep slope, and apparent eccentricity of interior tump due to soil creep. (1)
SU13986393. A disc barrow 28.0m overall diameter with a ditch up to 0.6m deep and an outer bank 0.4m high. Its berm averages 3.0m wide with a mound 1.1m high and 9.0m across. (2)
The mound was dug into by William Cunnington circa 1800. Colt Hoare's account describes it as "a well shaped bell barrow [which] contained two interments towards the top, which had been preserved by some very large flints. At the depth of three feet was an urn, which in taking out, was unfortunately broken to pieces. Within this sepulchral urn, was a badly baked black cup curiously ornamented, but an unlucky stroke of the labourer's spade cut it in two; there was also a small pin of brass, and another of bone." The brass pin was presumably a bronze awl. No reference is made to a cremation deposit with this group of finds, nor is it clear whether they were in the mound, on the ground surface, or in a pit beneath the barrow. With the secondary interments, it is not clear if the large flints represented mound material or if they represented some form of setting or covering for the cremations.(3) |