Monument Number 1455745 |
| Hob Uid: 1455745 | |
Location :
West Berkshire
Lambourn
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| Grid Ref : SU3283582957 |
| Summary : Barrow 4. A Bronze Age saucer barrow situated within the core of the Lambourn Seven Barrow Cemetery. This part of the cemetery comprises ten barrows arranged in two parallel northwest to southeast rows. The barrow, known as barrow 4 by Case and previously been described as a disc or saucer barrow. It survives as an earthwork and has a diameter of 50 metres. The mound survives to a height of 0.5 metres and the platform has a diameter of 26.5 metres. The barrow is enclosed by a ditch, 5.5 metres wide and 0.3 metres deep, and an outer bank 6.4 metres wide and 0.3 metres high. |
More information : [Group centred SU 328 828] Seven Barrows [G.T.]
Tumulus [G.T] six times
Tumulus [G.T] (sites of) (1)
This barrow is one of thirty six barrows listed by Case (2) and is listed as Barrow 4. [see plan AO/LP/63/105 for numbering and siting]. Scheduled (2-3)
The barrow (Barrow 4) has been identified on the ground and
surveyed at 1:2500.
SU 3283 8296, a disc/saucer barrow. Atkins shows disc; now looks like saucer. (4)
The barrow has been described by Grinsell as a disc barrow surviving as an earthwork, with an overall diameter of 50.3 metres. The mound survives to a height of 0.5 metres and the platform has a diameter of 26.5 metres. The barrow is enclosed by a ditch, 5.5 metres wide and 0.3 metres deep, and an outer bank 6.4 metres wide and 0.3 metres high. (5)
The barrow (Barrow 4) is visible as an earthwork and is as described above. It has been mapped from aerial photographs. (6)
A saucer barrow situated within the core of the Lambourn Seven Barrow Cemetery. This part of the cemetery comprises ten barrows arranged in two parallel northwest to southeast rows. The barrow has a diameter of 50 metres. (7) |