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Green Barrow
Hob Uid: 208223
Location : Wiltshire Castle Combe
Grid Ref : ST8525077760
Summary : A long barrow 240 metres south-west of Green Barrow Farm. The monument has a long rounded mound up to 1.5 metres high interpreted as a long barrow which has been spread by ploughing. It is 57 metres long on a NNE-SSW axis and 43 metres wide on a SSE-NNW axis. The barrow from which Green Barrow Farm takes its name is recorded in Scrope's History of Castle Combe as a long oblong mound, levelled by its owner in 1852. Scheduled.
More information : (ST 85367788) Tumulus (OE) (Site of). (1) A large oblong barrow called Green Barrow, was levelled C.1852 by the owner of the field. (2) A very slight but obvious long oval rise was visible in 1924(3) but when visited by Crawford in 1932 nothing was seen. Grinsell comments that a shapeless rise, 2 feet high was visible in 1949, and that it may have been a long or oval barrow. (The surrounding fields have the place-name element Green Barrow on the Tithe Map). (2-6) There is a very slight rise at this site but it cannot be identified as a barrow. (7) There is no trace of this feature on the ground; the area is used as a farm rubbish dump. (8)

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Source details : OS 6" 1923
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Source details : Scrope GP. 1852. History of Castle Combe, 9
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Source details : Rec. 6" (O.G.S.Crawford, udtd)
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Source details : Spec 6" (L.V.Grinsell 15.8.49)
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Source details : F1 JP 07-OCT-67
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Source details : F2 MJF 07-APR-76
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Long Barrow
Evidence : Levelled Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 31643
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 87 NE 3
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1967-10-07
End Date : 1967-10-07

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1976-04-07
End Date : 1976-04-07

Historic England Research Records

Green Barrow