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CASTLE BARROW

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Bowl barrow containing a primary cremation

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(ST 961 448) Castle Barrow (GT) (1)

Castle Barrow, a bowl barrow, excavated by the Rev. F G Waller some
time prior to 1937, when it appears to have been a mound, 33 feet in
diameter and less than 3 feet high, surrounded by a ditch 2 1/2 feet
deep. The Walker MSS in Devizes Museum indicate that he found a
primary cremation burial of a child in a badly crushed BA cinerary
Urn. Some of the sherds are in the Museum. (2-3)

Castle Barrow, at ST 96124480, is a bowl barrow 0.7 metres high. There is a trace of a ditch only.

Surveyed at 1:2500 (4)

No change; report of 13.3.69. correct. (5)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1961

( 2) General reference

VCH Wilts 1 1957 193 (L V Grinsell)

( 3) General reference

WAM 48 1937-9 189

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 ANK 13-MAR-69

( 5) Field Investigators Comments

F2 MJF 19-JUN-75

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