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Monument Number 221603

Hob Uid: 221603
Location :
Wiltshire
Winterbourne Monkton
Grid Ref : SU1200772687
Summary : Bronze Age barrow cemetery comprising Winterbourne Monkton numbers 13-17. Beaker and Middle Bronze Age sherds have been recovered from some of the barrows, though only one mound, WM 16, has any record of excavation. Limited trenching in 1921 yielded a secondary cremation in a large inverted pottery vessel. Four of the mounds survive as earthworks, while the fifth, WM 17, was last recorded as a soilmark of a ring ditch only.
More information : (Centred SU 12007267) Tumuli (NR) Tumulus (NR). (1)

A.SU 12077264. Bowl barrow with hollow centre. Diam. 12 paces;
height 2 1/2'. (Winterbourne Monkton 13)

B.SU 12027266. Bowl barrow diam. 16 paces; height 3 1/2'. MBA sherds
found by O. Meyrick. (Winterbourne Monkton 14)

C.SU 11997267. Bowl barrow diam 12 paces; height 2'. (Winterbourne Monkton 15)

D.SU 11977269. Bowl barrow diam. 23 paces; height 6'. Surrounded
by tree ring. Carelessly excavated in past but no record or
date known. Second limited excavation by Passmore in 1921
produced a secondary cremation in large upturned urn. Beaker and
MBA sherds found on mound by O Meyrick. (Winterbourne Monkton 16)

E.SU 11949274. Bowl barrow diam 13 paces; height 2 1/2'. Ditched. (Winterbourne Monkton 17). (2-3)

A.SU 12077264. A bowl barrow 12m diameter and 0.6m high. There
is a central depression 0.3m deep, but no evidence of a ditch.

B.SU 12027266; A ditchless bowl barrow 21m diameter and 0.8m high.
The mound top is mutilated.

C.SU 11997267; A bowl barrow 22m diameter and 0.7m high. The
centre is disturbed and uneven. No trace of a ditch.

D.SU 11967269. A ditched bowl barrow 24m diameter and 1.7m high.
A modern bank 0.3m high obscures most of the ditch. The mound is
extensively damaged.

E. SU 11937274. This barrow can only be traced by the soilmark
of a ring ditch, 12m overall diameter in ploughed land.

Published 25" surveys revised. (4)

All five barrows were mapped at 1:10,000 from APs by the Fyfield Down and Overton Down Mapping Project. No additional information was recorded. (5-6)

A central depression was visible in the centre of one of the barrows on lidar and was mapped as part of the Avebury WHS Lidar and NMP Review.
(7)
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Source details : OS 6" 1960
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Source details : Grinsell, LV. Archaeological Gazetteer
Page(s) : 200-1
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : AD Passmore
Page(s) : 247
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Vol(s) : 42, 1922-4
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Source details : F1 MHB 14-JAN-75
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Cathy Stoertz/15-JUL-1995/RCHME: Fyfield Down and Overton Down Mapping Project
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Source details : NMR OS/73072 285-6 10-APR-1973
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Source details : LIDAR SU1172 ENVIRONMENT AGENCY 03-MAY-2006
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Cremation
Evidence : Earthwork, Cropmark, Sub Surface Deposit
Monument Period Name : Early Bronze Age
Display Date : Early Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -1600
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find
Monument Period Name : Middle Bronze Age
Display Date : Middle Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -1200
Monument Start Date : -1600
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find
Components and Objects:
Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Cremation
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery
Period : Early Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery
Period : Middle Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery
Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 659
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 157
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 660
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 661
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 662
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 12261
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 663
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 17 SW 15
External Cross Reference Notes :
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