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Bishopstrow 2 (Grinsell)
Hob Uid: 207583
Location : Wiltshire Bishopstrow
Grid Ref : ST8980044290
Summary : A large bowl barrow; suggested by Grinsell, probably incorrectly, to be a castle mound. Scheduled.
More information : (ST 89804429) Tumulus (OE) (1) One of two barrows shown on Hoare's map (2) and is included on the OS 1" First Edition. Grinsell (3) suggests it to be a castle mound, 40 paces in diameter and 16 feet high. Mrs Cunnington(6) describes the building of the present farm and house at Bishopstrow as standing within earthworks which are apparently the outer bailey, with the remains of the motte and inner bailey traceable in a grass field on the east. (4-6) The published mound may be a large barrow. It is ditchless and at the edge of a low plateau whereby it is 2.2.m. high on the N. and 4.0m. high on the S. No trace of any baileys can be seen and the view that this is possibly a motte cannot be substantiated by ground inspection. An area of at least 15 acres is enclosed by a sunken road and it may be this which Mrs. Cunnington considered to be the outer bailey. Surveyed at 1/2500. For original survey see ST 84 SE 8 (7) Originally recorded as Bishopstow 2a by Goddard. (8) A bowl barrow located immediately east of Bishopstrow House. The barrow mound measures 52 metres by 50 metres and the flat top is 10 metres in diameter. The northern edge of the mound has been truncated by the construction of a tennis court. The barrow appears on an 18th century map of sites around Warminster. Scheduled. (9) The identification of the ses earthworks is considered to be mistaken, the feature being a mutilated barrow. (10)

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Source details : OS 25"
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Source details : Ancient History of South Wilts. 1812 map f.p.50 (R. Colt Hoare)
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Source details : L.V.Grinsell
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Source details : 4.3.1926 (Mrs. Cunnington)
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Source details : F1 NVQ 16-MAY-67
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : EH Goddard
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Source details : 24-Jan-01
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Source Number : 10
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
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Monument Type : Bowl Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Motte
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 34187
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 84 SE 10
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1967-05-16
End Date : 1967-05-16

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Bishopstrow 2 (Grinsell)