Monument Number 221665 |
| Hob Uid: 221665 | |
Location :
Wiltshire
Winterbourne Monkton
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| Grid Ref : SU1163072300 |
| Summary : Possible long barrow excavated in 1849 by Merewether, who recovered animal bones and a fragment of an "ampulla of Roman form. It is listed by Grinsell as Winterbourne Monkton 8, although Grinsell was unsure whether the monument was a long barrow. Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1975 noted an oval mound 30 metres long and 14 metres wide, standing up to 1.2 metres high, with sarsens at the western end. No side ditches are visible. Although the mound is clearly of artificial construction, its identification as a long barrow is by no means certain. |
More information : SU 11637230 Long Barrow(NR). (1)
Long barrow aligned E/W?; 90 ft x 45 ft and 3 1/2 ft high.
Doubtful as to whether it was ever a long barrow. (2) Excavated
by Merewether (barrow 26). Finds included animal bones and
fragment of "ampulla of Roman form".
Grinsell places no reliance on Merewether's plan (No 26) which
shows 4 sarsens each side of the W end as a possible facade. (2-3)
An oval turf-covered mound 30m NE-SW by 14m, and up to 1.2m
high; it has no side ditches. Sarsens, visible in the form of
?revetting at the eroded W end of the mound, may represent the
facade depicted by Merewether. The mound is definitely of
artificial construction, but its origin and purpose is uncertain.
Published 25" survey revised. (4)
The oval mound was mapped at 1:10,000 from APs by the Fyfield Down and Overton Down Mapping Project. No additional information was recorded. (5) |