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Newton Barrows
Hob Uid: 219231
Location : Wiltshire Amesbury
Grid Ref : SU1828041000
Summary : A group of nine bowl barrows which together form the major part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as Newton Barrows on Earl's Farm Down. Six of the barrows are arranged in a line broadly north east to south west along the summit of a ridge on a north west facing slope. A further two barrows are situated below the ridge, south east of the main row and a third is located west of the most northerly barrow in the main row. All of the barrows survive as earthworks with mounds ranging in size from 22 metres to 30 metres in diameter and from 0.8 metres to 3 metres high. The most southerly barrow of the group has been destroyed on its south side by the cutting of the now dismantled Amesbury Light Railway. One of the barrow mound supports a World War II gun emplacement. The barrows are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. Scheduled.
More information : (Group centred SU 182409) Tumuli (AT) and Tumulus (AT). (1) A group of ten barrows, originally shown on OS 2" MS drawing. Grinsell's 76 - 83, 83a, and 84. All listed as bowl barrows. Possble burials have been noted within two barrows (Amesbury 78 and 84), Bronze Age pottery has also been recovered from four others (2-4) All the barrows except 83a and 84 are in good condition though 79 and 80 are being ploughed. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (5) The barrows are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and have been mapped by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. (7-8)

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Source details : Ordnance Survey 6" Provisional
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Source details : Correspondents Annotated 6" Sheet (H de S Shortt 1965)
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Source details : Salisbury Museum 2 1/2" Record Sheet
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Source details : First OS Archaeology Field Investigator 05/11/1969
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Source details : English Heritage Schedule Entry 03/01/1997
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Source details : NMR SU 1841/10 (CCC 8515/8640) 04-JUL-1932
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : NMR SU 1841/27-8 (4329/69-70) 07-MAY-1989
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
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Monument Type : Barrow Cemetery, Bowl Barrow, Burial, Cinerary Urn, Cremation, Findspot
Evidence : Earthwork, Find

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : World War II
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Gun Emplacement
Evidence : Structure

Components and Objects:

Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Barrow Cemetery, Bowl Barrow, Burial, Cinerary Urn, Cremation, Findspot
Object Type : URN, BEAKER, PIN, VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 710
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 214
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 711
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28925
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 SE 71
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1933-01-01
End Date : 1933-12-31

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-11-05
End Date : 1969-11-05

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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1994-12-01
End Date : 1995-08-01

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2001-02-01
End Date : 2001-07-01

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Newton Barrows