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Ducks Nest

Hob Uid: 218031
Location :
Hampshire
New Forest
Rockbourne
Grid Ref : SU1045020390
Summary : Neolithic long barrow
More information : (SU10452039) Duck's Nest [NAT] Long Barrow [NR] (1)

LB No 177 (1) Long barrow 50 paces long, 30 paces wide 12-15 feet
high, flank ditches 7 paces wide 1 ft deep thickly covered in
vegetation (2) Add Ref(3) Schedule Anc. Mon.

This long barrow is thickly overgrown and accurate measurement of
its dimensions is difficult.
It is between 46 and 48 metres in length and about 29 m wide. It is
3.5m high at its south end and 3.0 m high at its north end.
There is a well-preserved ditch flanking its W side, 0.6 m below the
ground level; the ditch on the E side is more shallow. (2,3)

As described by R Work in 1954 the long barrow is preserved in a
small wood.

Published 1:2500 revised. (4)

Listed as a long barrow. (5)

No change. 1:2500 Survey correct. (6)

SU 10452039. Listed as a long barrow. (7)

The lack of any round barrows associated with this barrow is characteristic of long barrows on the Hants side of Bokerley Dyke. (8)
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Source details : OS 6" 1927.
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Source details : F1 FC 10-AUG-53
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Source details : F4 JGB 20-SEP-82
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Source details : Rockbourne 3
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Source details : Rockbourne 3
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Source Number : 2a
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Source details : OS "Neolithic Wessex" (1932)
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Source details : Summer "Cranbourne Chase" (1913) XII No 22
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Source details : Grinsell HFC XIV Pt 2, 203, Pt 1 P 37.
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Source Number : 2d
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Source details : William Freeman "Fld Arch Hampshire" (1918) 181.
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Source details : F2 RLBW 09-FEB-54
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Source Number : 3e
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Source details : OS 1:2500 Hants 54 1. 1926.
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Source details : F3 FGA 02-OCT-69
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Long Barrows in Hants & I of W 1979 50-51 (RCHM)
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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
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HA 63
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 12088
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 12 SW 35
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1953-08-10
End Date : 1953-08-10
Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1954-02-09
End Date : 1954-02-09
Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-10-02
End Date : 1969-10-02
Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1982-09-20
End Date : 1982-09-20