More information : (NB. The details of each barrow have now been recorded in individual monument records, see child records for details.)
('A': ST 97914268; 'B': ST 97914274; 'C': ST 97914278;
'D': ST 97894280; 'E': ST 97874277; 'F': ST 98044280) Tumuli (GT) (1)
The Ashton Valley Group of barrows was excavated by Cunnington in 1801, and comprised 11 barrows. These have been described by Colt Hoare (2) and correlated by Grinsell (3). Some were re-excavated in 1957 by Rev. E.H Steele, who located some burials and associated finds but it is not certain whether these were Colt Hoare's discoveries left in situ. (4)
Two sherds of RB coarseware from the Rev. Steele's excavation were donated to Devizes Museum by Messrs J & W Collins, Acc No 19/66. (5-6)
Six of the barrows were extant, there were no traces of the other barrows, these were presumably destroyed by ploughing (7).
No change; report of 7-1-69 correct. (8)
A round barrow cemetery comprising one bell barrow and five bowl barrows situated at the base of the south facing edge of Codford Down on the west side of the valley of the Chitterne Brook. The cemetery originally contained one bell barrow and ten bowl barrows. Of these, the bell barrow and five bowl barrows survive as earthworks, one of which is an outlier to the east. (9) |