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Monument Number 223505

Hob Uid: 223505
Location :
Wiltshire
Idmiston
Grid Ref : SU2049034810
Summary : Neolithic short long barrow and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Battery Hill, listed by Grinsell as Idmiston 26 and Idmiston 31. Field investigations in 1970 found the short long barrow (Idmiston 26) surviving as an earthwork with a maximum height of 1.5 metres and shallow but well defined ditches. The bowl barrow was 1 metre high.
More information : (A: SU 20493481 and B: SU 20573485) Tumuli (NR). (1)

Two barrows on Battery Hill:
(A) Idmiston 26; a `short' long-barrow with well marked side
ditches, 80ft x 60ft x 2 1/2ft orientated NE/SW. Found by JFS
Stone.

(B) Idmiston 31; a ditched bowl barrow 20 paces x 3ft. (2)

Idmiston 26. A short long barrow with a maximum height of 1.5m.
The ditches are shallow but well defined.

Idmiston 31. A bowl barrow 1.0m high. A ditch around part of
the south and east sides appears to have been caused by a
modern trackway.

Published 1:2500 survey revised. (3)

Barrow 'A' Scheduled by English Heritage as a Long Barrow. (4)

Surveyed by the RCHME. (5)
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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : F1 ANK 14-OCT-70
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Source details : English Heritage Record Form 15-OCT-1995
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Source details : RCHME: South Wilts Project
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Long Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork
Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26751
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26752
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26756
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 23 SW 16
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1970-10-14
End Date : 1970-10-14