More information : (Centred SU 14843943) Tumuli (NR). (1)
On Amesbury Down - Amesbury 91; a triple bell-barrow with an
oval surrounding ditch and outer bank. The overall dimensions
are 189 ft from W to E and 140 ft from N to S. The western
mound is 27 ft x 1 1/2 ft, centre mound 39 ft x 3 ft, and the
eastern mound 48 ft x 1 1/2 ft. The berm is 15 ft wide, the
ditch and bank both being 15 ft x 1 ft in width, depth and
height respectively. (2)
An oval barrow; ploughed and now comprising an oval ditch with
vestiges of an outer bank surrounding a long, slightly waisted
mound. The three mounds cannot be identified on the ground
though there are two, that to the east being either a cairn or
an earthen mound capped with flints. Three mounds can clearly
be seen on APs. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (3)
Fragments of skull and other human bone were found in plough soil. (5)
The barrow has been ploughed virtually level and has been recorded as an earthwork and as a cropmark and has been mapped from aerial photographs.
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