More information : (NB This barrow was originally recorded as part of Monument HOB UID 218265. Please check this record for any additional information.) (SU 13363738) Tumuli (NR) (1) One of three bowl barrows of the Little Down Group: Barrow B: Durnford 2, ditched, in fine condition, but the mound is truncated, 25 paces x 6 feet high. This and Barrow A (Monument HOB UID 218265) were probably opened during 1731-2: in one, two urns filled with ashes (secondary); in the other, a skeleton and spearhead (uncertain whether Early Bronze Age or intrusive and pagan Saxon). (2) Barrow B; a ditched bowl barrow 1.5 metres high with ditch 0.5 metres deep. Published 1:2500 survey revised.
Additional reference (4)
The barrow has been recorded as an earthwork and has been mapped from aerial photographs. The barrow is visible as a mound surrounded by a ditch and has a diameter of 18 metres. It appears to have indentations in the top, possibly the result of eighteenth century excavations or erosion by modern visitors. (5) |