Monument Number 216388 |
Hob Uid: 216388 | |
Location : Wiltshire Cherhill
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Grid Ref : SU0682071350 |
Summary : Bronze Age bowl barrow, listed by Grinsell as Cherhill 8. It was "excavated" in 1849 by Merewether, who found only animal bones and fragments of iron. The barrow stands in the south eastern corner of Yatesbury village and is still extant as an earthwork mound. Prior to boundary alterations, the barrow was listed as Yatesbury 2. |
More information : (SU 06827135) Tumulus (NR). (1) Cherhill 8: a bowl barrow, 30 paces in diameter by 6 1/2ft high (2). Excavated by J Merewether (3) in 1849, who found animal bones and fragments of iron. (2-3) Visible but inaccessible, field report and survey accepted. (4)
Merewether's excavation was also described by Goddard and Smith. Prior to boundary alterations, the barrow was listed as Yatesbury 2. (5, 6)
The Bronze Age bowl barrow described by the previous authorities was seen as an earthwork and mapped from aerial photographs. The barrow measures about 10m in diameter (7).
Lidar survey shows a spread of material to the north of the barrow which may indicate that the barrow has been spread by subsequent agricultural practices or that it may have been incorporated into later field boundaries located to the south-east. (8) |