More information : (SU 29255760) Long Barrow (NR). (1)
Tidcombe and Fosbury 1, a long barrow, with a probably simple
(3) terminal chamber, orientated south east to north west.
Dimensions, mound 185 ft long x 60 ft wide x 10 ft high.
Four sarsens are exposed at the south east end and the mound
has a deep excavation hollow for its entire length. Excavation
by villagers in 1750 produced a primary (?) skeleton in the
burial chamber. It was subsequently opened by W C Lukis, of
which no details are available except that he found the horn
core of an ox. It went to Devizes Museum (4). (2-4)
A ditched long barow orientated almost N-S and badly mutilated
by excavation. The chamber was presumably at the southern end
where a few large scattered stones can be seen. Length 57m,
overall width 46m.
Published 1:2500 survey revised. (5)
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