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Monument Number 210660
Hob Uid: 210660
Location : Wiltshire Donhead St. Andrew
Grid Ref : ST9424024190
Summary : A long barrow with a mound 42m long and a maximum of 23m wide. The mound is 2m high at its uphill end, rising to over 2.5m high at the downslope end. Clearly defined quarry ditches surround the mound.
More information : (ST 94252419) Long Barrow (NR) (1) A long barrow, on Whitesheet Hill, 135 feet long, 75 feet wide and 7 feet high. It is oblong with well-preserved side-ditches; under grass 1950 (2). No recorded excavation of the barrow is known but Mrs Cunnington commented on an apparent old excavation-mutilation near its centre (3). Grinsell identifies it with a Stukeley reference to a long barrow hereabouts. (2-3) A turf-covered long barrow, oriented ENE/WSW with the higher and broader end to the ENE. It is 43.5m long, 19.2m wide and 2.3m high. Along the N and S sides is a well preserved ditch, 8.0m wide and 1.3m deep separated from the mound by a slight berm. There is a deep oblong depression across the top of the approximate centre of the mound. (4) ST 94252419: No change. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (5) Scheduled. (6

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Source details : OS 6" 1962
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Source details : Victoria County Hisotry Wiltshire Vol 1 1957 p137
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Source details : Iter Curios 1724 p127 (W Stukeley)
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Source details : Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 38 1913-4 p384
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Source details : F1 GCS 26-APR-54
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Source details : F2 MHB 10-JUL-74
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Source details : English Heritage Schedule Entry 21/02/1997
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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 : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 102
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 12
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26812
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 92 SW 10
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1954-04-26
End Date : 1954-04-26

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1974-07-10
End Date : 1974-07-10

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 210660