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Monument Number 225541

Hob Uid: 225541
Location :
Oxfordshire
Vale of White Horse
Ashbury
Grid Ref : SU2731081595
Summary : The remains of three probable Bronze Age round barrows mapped from aerial photographs.
More information : ['A' - SU 27248163] TUMULUS [G.T.] ['B' - SU 27428155]
TUMULUS [G.T.] (1)

Two barrows south of Swinley Copse, Ashbury.

A - Bowl barrow, 18 yards diameter and 3 feet high. No ditch
visible.

B - Tree-covered bowl barrow, 23 yards in diameter, 2 1/2 feet
high with slight ditch visible on west and south. (2)

Both mounds have been spread by ploughing but are most probably
bowl barrows.
'A' is now 0.5m. high. 'B' is 0.5m. high and the slight ditch
recorded in 2 has been destroyed.

Published survey (25") revised. (3)

The cropmark and earthwork remains of three probable Bronze Age barrows were mapped from aerial photographs. Two have been described by the previous authorities at SU 2724 8163 and SU 2741 8156, and a third was seen as a ring ditch 20m in diameter at SU 2720 8162 on oblique photographs taken in 1976. (4-5)
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Source details : O.S.6" 1960
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Source details : Berks, A.J., 40, 1936, 30-1 )L.V. Grinsell)
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Source details : F1 NVQ 03-MAR-64
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Source details : RAF 106G/UK/1416/3292 14-APR-1946
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Source details : NMR SU2781/1/231 30-MAR-1976
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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, Cropmark
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 28 SE 11
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-03-03
End Date : 1964-03-03
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1999-01-01
End Date : 2000-12-31