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Barrow 17 (Colt Hoare)
Hob Uid: 219590
Location : Wiltshire Amesbury
Grid Ref : SU1193542163
Summary : Suggested location of a Neolithic long barrow, listed by Grinsell as Amesbury 10a. The mound was excavated by Colt Hoare in the early 19th century without result. Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1971 recorded a denuded low oval mound 26 metres in length and a maximum of 30 centimetres high. The mound has since been scheduled as an oval barrow. However, geophysical survey in 1993-4 failed to record any trace of flanking ditches, and nothing has been observed on aerial photographs, although features representing Colt Hoare's trenches appear to have been located. Nevertheless, the slight oval mound recorded by the OS is still visible on the surface, measuring 24 by 20m and 0.2m high.
More information : (SU 11934216) Long Barrow (AT). (1) SU 11944217; Amesbury 10a, a nearly level long barrow orientated E-W. Excavations by Colt Hoare (Barrow 17) proved unproductive. (2-3) A denuded oval long barrow with a length of 26 metres and a maximum height of 0.3m. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (4) Originally recorded as Amesbury 10a by Goddard. (5) Now interpreted as an Oval Bowl Barrow (6) The possible barrow is just discernible as an earthwork on aerial photographs, and has been mapped by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. (9-10) The oval barrow mound is still visble, measuring 24 by 20m and 0.2m high. (11)

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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : L Grinsell: Archaeological Gazetteer
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Source details : D Field and T Pearson, Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project: Stonehenge Down and Triangle
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Source details : F1 ANK 07-JAN-71
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Source details : EH Goddard: A list of prehistoric, Roman and pagan Saxon antiquities in the county of Wiltshire...
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Source details : English Heritage Record Form 8-MAR-1995
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Source Number : 9
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Source details : USAAF US/7PH/GP/LOC122 1021-3 24-DEC-1943
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Source Number : 10
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Source details : NMR SU 1242/365-6 (15573/16-17) 22-AUG-1996
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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, Oval Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork, Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Mound
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU14SW105
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10369
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 SW 56
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1800-01-01
End Date : 1810-12-31

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1971-01-07
End Date : 1971-01-07

Associated Activities :
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

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2008-01-01
End Date : 2013-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Barrow 17 (Colt Hoare)