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Old King Barrows
Hob Uid: 219756
Location : Wiltshire Amesbury
Grid Ref : SU1361942806
Summary : A Bronze Age barrow cemetery on King Barrow ridge comprising at least seven bowl barrows. They are listed by Grinsell as Amesbury 33, 34, 35, 35a, 36, 37 and 37a. Five are extant as earthworks, with several others levelled and identified from aerial photographs and geophysical surveys. One barrow opened in 1649 contained "coales and pieces of Goates hornes and Stagges hornes", while another contained a "bugle-horn tipt with silver at both ends" (though see also New King Barrows: Monument Number 219753). The surviving earthworks were recorded in April 2011 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project - rapid field investigation. See individual barrow records (SU 14 SW 369 to 375) for specific details.
More information : (SU 13604280) Old King Barrows (AT). (1) A barrow cemetery comprising of seven round barrows, Amesbury 33-37a. (2). They were recorded by Colt Hoare who records they were planted with trees. Both Colt Hoare and Stukeley state that some of the barrow barrows, either from this group or New King Barrows (SU 14 SW 111) had been opened. Stukeley records that in 1649 one barrow had been opened and contained `coales and pieces of Goates hornes and Stagges hornes' another contained a `bugle-horn tipt with silver at both ends'. These barrows were named Old King Barrows by Stukeley. (3) Five extant bowl barrows were present (Amesbury 33-37) with no visible traces of either Amesbury 35a or Amesbury 37a. The sites of this were plotted from APs (4). Published 1:2500 surveys revised. (5) The barrows have been mapped from aerial photographs by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. Details are given in the relevant records. (7) The surviving earthworks were recorded in April 2011 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project - rapid field investigation. See individual records. (8)

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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : LV Grinsell: Archaeological Gazetteer
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Source details : English Heritage: Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project
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Source details : Sharon Bishop/14-JUL-2011/English Heritage: Stonehenge WHS Landscape - Level 1 survey
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Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Barrow Cemetery
Evidence : Earthwork, Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10444
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10428
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10446
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10445
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10465
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 SW 112
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1970-12-22
End Date : 1970-12-22

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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1983-01-01
End Date : 1983-12-31

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Activity type : GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Start Date : 1983-01-01
End Date : 1983-12-31

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

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

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Activity type : GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Start Date : 2009-01-01
End Date : 2009-12-31

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Activity type : FIELD SURVEY
Start Date : 2011-01-01
End Date : 2011-12-31

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2011-04-01
End Date : 2011-09-01

Historic England Research Records

Old King Barrows