Monument Number 218300 |
| Hob Uid: 218300 | |
Location :
Wiltshire
Wilsford cum Lake
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| Grid Ref : SU1321038660 |
| Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow, listed by Grinsell as Wilsford 87. The barrow was surveyed by RCHME in 1992. 36 metres in diameter and 4.4 metres high, it is surrounded by a ditch and slight external bank. The mound profile is stepped, suggestive of a second conical mound having been built on top of the original more rounded Bronze Age mound. The sharp profile of the ditch suggests that this too is of recent origin and probably provided the material for the conical mound, although the ditch too may have prehistoric origins. The second mound was probably constructed to provide a prospect from which to admire the landscaped view around Lake House (SU 13 NW 37, 81). The RCHME survey also noted three further barrows in the vicinity (SU 13 NW 93-5). Scheduled. The barrow has been recorded on aerial photographs. |
More information : (SU 13213866) Tumulus (NR). (1)
In the grounds of Lake House a ditched bowl barrow, Wilsford
(S) 87, conical in shape, measuring 28 paces x 10 ft. (2)
In very good condition; overall diameter 36m, height 4.4m,
depth of ditch 0.7m. Under permanent pasture.
Published 1:2500 survey revised. (3)
The barrow was included in a survey of the mainly medieval earthworks at Lake undertaken by staff of the RCHME Salisbury office as part of a project focussing on the earthworks of South Wiltshire. The following is abstracted from the archive report:
The substantial mound is probably that of a bell barrow. It is surrounded by a ditch and slight external bank. The mound profile displays a distinctly stepped line which is the result of the construction of a second, conical mound on top of the rounded form of the original mound. The material for the second mound probably derived from the ditch which displays a sharp profile suggesting that it is of recent origin. It is likely that the second mound was built to provide an impressive prospect mound from which to admire the landscaped view towards Lake House. Although it is impossible to demonstrate the antiquity of the ditch around the mound, the presence of the external bank suggests that both it and the ditch may be of prehistoric origin.
(4)
Additional reference (5)
Scheduled. (6)
The mound has been recorded on aerial photographs. (7)
The RCHME survey has been published in a Research Report resulting from the Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. (8)
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