Amesbury 10 (Goddard) |
| Hob Uid: 219687 | |
Location :
Wiltshire
Amesbury
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| Grid Ref : SU1201341985 |
| Summary : Bronze Age oval twin disc barrow, listed by Grinsell as Amesbury 10, located on Stonehenge Down to the south-west of Stonehenge. Excavation by Colt Hoare in the early 19th century recovered a primary cremation from one of the mounds, though it is not clear which. Geophysical survey in 1993-4 recorded a slightly oval surrounding ditch. The earthworks have suffered some damage. A central mound measuring 16 metres by 12 metres, and up to 0.5 metres high, can no longer be clearly identified as two distinct barrow mounds. The surrounding bank and ditch measures 43 to 45 metres in overall diameter. |
More information : (SU 12014198) Tumulus (AT). (1)
Amesbury 10. An oval twin disc barrow measuring 144 ft
E-W and 120 ft N-S. (2) Excavations by Colt Hoare (Barrow 15) found a primary cremation in one of the tumps. (Not stated which). (3)
A roughly circular disc barrow 43.5m E-W and 45.0m N-S, the bank 0.2m high, the ditch up to 0.5m deep. The central tump measures 16 x 12 metres x 0.5m max height; it may represent two mounds though they cannot now be readily identified.
Published survey (1:2500) revised. (4)
Originally recorded as Amesbury 10 by Goddard. (5)
The barrow is visible 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. (8-9)
A slightly oval disc barrow that has survived remarkably; external bank 0.2m high, ditch 0.2m deep, central mound spread and 0.1m high. (10)
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