Easternmost Of 3 Barrows To The East Of New King Barrows |
Hob Uid: 219759 | |
Location : Wiltshire Amesbury
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Grid Ref : SU1382142272 |
Summary : Easternmost of 3 Bronze Age round barrows and part of a round barrow cemetery of 6 barrows in all. Located east of the New King Barrows, the Avenue passes through the cemetery splitting it in 2 halves and these 3 barrows appear in the western part. All 3 barrows have been levelled by cultivation and are difficult to identify on the ground, visible only as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Scheduled. |
More information : SU 1380 4224: Tumuli (AT) (sites of) (TI) (3). (1) SU 1383 4225: Amesbury 100. A levelled bowl barrow 141 feet in diameter. (2) This site cannot be identified on the ground. The field was recently seeded with winter wheat and the young shoots may obliterate any soil marks. (3)
Easternmost of 3 round barrows and part of a round barrow cemetery of 6 barrows in all. The Avenue passes through the cemetery splitting it in 2 halves providing evidence that the cemetery predates the Avenue. These 3 barrows appear in the western part. All 3 barrows have been levelled by cultivation and are difficult to identify on the ground. Their diameters range from 30 to 45 metres. Scheduled.(4)
The barrow is defined by a single ditch 45m in diameter, although the south eastern part is obscured by trees. It has been mapped from aerial photographs by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. (5-7) |