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Monument Number 215478
Hob Uid: 215478
Location : Wiltshire Bishops Cannings
Grid Ref : SU0546065780
Summary : A Neolithic long barrow (Grinsell's Bishops Cannings 92) situated on Roughridge Hill, to the south of Wansdyke. The barrow mound measures about 75 metres long and up to 32 metres wide. It stands up to about 1 metre high. Flanking the mound, but no longer visible at ground level due to the spreading of the mound caused by ploughing, are two quarry ditches which will survive as buried features. Scheduled.
More information : On Roughbridge Hill - Bishop's Cannings 92; a long barrow, visible on air-photographs. (SU 05486577), orientated E/W, 230ft by 100ft and 6 1/2ft high. The eastern tip said by Grinsell to be cut by the Wansdyke. (1,2) SU 05466578; The long barrow is 70.0m long ENE-WSW by approximately 40.0m. The side ditch on the S is ploughed out, and visible only as a soilmark, but on the N a short portion of the ditch up to 0.7m deep protrudes from beneath Wansdyke which overlies it. The mound, although under plough, is up to 2.5m high. Surveyed at 1:2500. (3) The Neolithic long barrow referred to by the previous authorities was visible on vertical air photographs as a substantial oval mound which tapers to a point at its west end. Recent photographs show that it is gradually being ploughed smooth but is still a substantial mound. (4-5)

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Source details : Grinsell LV. Archaeological Gazetteer
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Source details : APs (Crawford colln Wansdyke 02241-2, 23-FEB-1932)
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Source details : F1 MHB 23-NOV-73
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Source details : NMR SU0665/25-6 (15583/21-22), 14-JAN-1997
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
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Monument Type : Long Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork, Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 104
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28116
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 06 NE 15
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1973-11-23
End Date : 1973-11-23

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD SURVEY
Start Date : 1997-08-01
End Date : 1998-12-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 215478