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Monument Number 224830
Hob Uid: 224830
Location : Wiltshire Great Bedwyn
Grid Ref : SU2679062060
Summary : A bowl barrow which was once recorded as being 55m wide and c2m high with a wide quarry ditch. It now survives as a low earthwork 50m accross and 1m high at its highest point. The ditch survives as buried remains.
More information : (SU 26796206) Tumulus (NR). (1) Great Bedwyn 2a; bowl barrow 22 paces wide x 3ft high. (2) A bowl barrow 32.0 metres in diameter and 0.6 metres high. Under plough. Published survey 1:2500 revised. (3)

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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : Victoria County History: Wiltshire 1 1957 p177
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Source details : F1 MJF 03-JUL-73
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Source details : English Heritage Schedule Entry 26/03/1997
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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
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 581
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 30452
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 26 SE 3
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1973-07-03
End Date : 1973-07-03

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 224830