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Moodys Down South East And South West
Hob Uid: 231612
Location : Hampshire Test Valley Barton Stacey
Grid Ref : SU4347038620
Summary : Two Neolithic long barrows
More information : (`A' - SU 43473862 and `B' - SU 43363867) Tumuli (OE) (1) `A' Long barrow No 49(3). A pear-shaped mound, 160' long, 84' wide at the E end and 5' high, with flank ditches 24' wide and 1' deep.(1) This long barrow has been destroyed in making a rifle range.(4) In removing it a skeleton was found, rather to the east of the middle and on the main axis. The cranium (seen at the clerk of works office) was of long-headed Neolithic type. The barrow was composed of chalk rubble except in the region of the skeleton, where there was black clayey soil. All the material was removed carefully, but nothing unusual was noticed, At the time of my visit, 4.4.1940, two long narrow trenches had been (cut) into the underlying natural chalk to a depth of c.18". In one of them the lip of the ditch was exposed and showed that the ditch was c26' wide.(5) `B' Long barrow, No 50 (3) with a rectangular mound 220' long 75' wide and 4' high (its height almost the same throughout its length) and parallel flank ditches, 27' wide and 1' deep. A rim fragment, now in the Winchester Museum, which I obtained from its SE end, has been examined by Mr C F C Hawkes, who states that it "could reasonably be taken as Neolithic `A'.... but it might easily be late Bronze Age".(2) (2-7) `A' Mound completely removed. Course of northern ditch, visible as band of rank grass. `B' Description in T2 correct. Freshly ploughed. (8) Published 1:2500 survey revised. (9) No change. (10) (SU 43473862) Long Barrow (NR) (site of) (NAT) (SU 43363867) Long Barrow (NR) (11) SU 43473862. Moody's Down South-East long barrow. The ditches remain visible as hollows under grass on flat ground. SU 44363867. Moody's Down North-West long barrow. Reduced by ploughing; it now measures 70.0m long, 1.2m high and 7.5m wide. (12) Scheduled No. 12110 (13)

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Source details : OS 6" 1911
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Source details : P Hants FC 14 1938-40 200 Plan (L V Grinsell)
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Source details : OS 1:10 000 1976
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Source Number : 12
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Source details : RCHM Long Barrows Hants & I of W 1979 4-7 plans photos
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Source details : English Heritage Sched of Anc Mons Amendment 01-Nov-1990
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Source details : OS Map of Neolithic Wessex
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Source details : Rec 6" (B H St J O'Neil udtd)
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Source details : Rec 6" (W F Grimes April 1940)
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Source details : "Field Arch as Illus by Hants" 1915 235-6 (J P Williams-Freeman)
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Source details : Excavs on Early Defence Sites 1960 248-250 (Plan) (W F Grimes)
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Source details : F1 VJB 12-DEC-55
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Source details : F2 ASP 20-MAY-65
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Source details : F3 CFW 06-NOV-68
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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, Inhumation
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Components and Objects:

Period : Neolithic
Component Monument Type : Long Barrow, Inhumation
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 12110
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 43 NW 12
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1955-12-12
End Date : 1955-12-12

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1965-05-20
End Date : 1965-05-20

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1968-11-06
End Date : 1968-11-06

Historic England Research Records

Moodys Down South East And South West