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Monument Number 219633

Hob Uid: 219633
Location :
Wiltshire
Durrington
Grid Ref : SU1185044100
Summary : An early Bronze Age round barrow cemetery comprising 14 extant earthwork round barrows and one plough-levelled mound described by Colt Hoare as "non sepulchral": each round barrow is recorded separately (see child records). The cemetery comprises disc, saucer and bowl forms in a compact linear group extending over an area measuring 375m east to west by 170m wide. Colt Hoare opened most of the barrows in the early 19th century. Some of the barrows suffered damage from military activity during the Second World War, after which a tree plantation covered the site. The trees were removed in the late 1990s. A Level 3 detailed analytical survey and investigation of the round barrow cemetery (at 1:1000 scale) was carried out by English Heritage in 2010 as part of its Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. The survey suggests a relative stratigraphy for the central group of barrows, which appear to have an east to west progression. The earthworks are threatened by hawthorn scrub and burrowing animals.
More information : (SU 11854410) Tumuli (AT) (Fourteen shown). (1)

Barrow cemetery comprising of 15 barrows (Durrington 11-23); 10 bowl, two disc and two saucer barrow. One other barrow, Durrington 21a (SU 14 SW 419) was described as `not sepulchral' by Colt Hoare, was not located. Investigations by Colt Hoare located burials, predominantly cremations, sometimes accompanied by grave goods, within nine of the barrows. (2-4)

Published Survey (25") Revised. (5)

Barrow at SU11804409 descheduled (6)

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. Details of each barrow are recorded separately. (7)

A Level 3 detailed analytical survey and investigation of the round barrow cemetery (at 1:1000 scale) was carried out by English Heritage in 2010 as part of its Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. The survey suggests a relative stratigraphy for the central group of barrows, which appear to have an east to west progression. The earthworks are threatened by hawthorn scrub and burrowing animals. (8-9)
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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : Grinsell, LV. Archaeological Gazetteer
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Source details : Goddard, EH. A list of prehistoric, Roman and pagan Saxon antiquities in the county of Wiltshire...
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Source details : F1 MJF 28-JUL-70
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Source details : English Heritage Record Form 12-JAN-1995
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Source details : English Heritage: Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project
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Source details : Sharon Bishop/24-SEP-2010/English Heritage: Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project
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Source details : Bishop, S Durrington Firs. Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. Archaeological Survey Report. RDRS 86/2010. Swindon: English Heritage.
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Vol(s) : 86-2010
Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Barrow Cemetery
Evidence : Earthwork, Documentary Evidence
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 628
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 768
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External Cross Reference Number : 641
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10235
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 SW 71
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