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Chilbolton Down
Hob Uid: 231655
Location : Hampshire Test Valley Chilbolton
Grid Ref : SU4177038280
Summary : Neolithic long barrow
More information : (SU 41773828) Tumulus (OE) (1) Long Barrow (2) A long barrow 172 feet long and 108 feet wide and 6 feet high. It appears the same width and height all along. The mound is under grass (1937) and there is a suggestion of flank ditches. (3) Under the plough and visible as a chalk-mound in an arable field on the summit of a hill. Length 58.0m. width at the centre 30.0m. and maximum height - towards the SE end 1.0m. The loamy depressions of ditches can be seen surrounding the NW end and on the flanks of the barrow except where chalk has been spread from the barrow on both sides. (4) Published 1:2500 survey revised. (5) No change. (6) (SU 41773828) Long Barrow (NR) (7) Chilbolton Down long barrow stands in an arable field on the north shoulder of a plateau. Irregular spreads of chalky material, visible on the ground as well as on air photographs, are suggestive of deliberate levelling. The barrow lies east-south-east - west-south-west and is rectangular in plan, about 58.0m. long and 1.0m. high towards the centre. (8) Scheduled No. 12115. (9)

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Source details : OS 25"
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Source details : OS map Ne Wessex 1933 No 51
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Source details : P Hants FC 14 (1938-40) 10,200 `Hampshire Barrows' (Grinsell)
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Source details : F1 WCW 02-FEB-56
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Source details : F2 ASP 21-MAY-65
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Source details : F3 CFW 06-NOV-68
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Source details : OS 1:10 000 1976
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : RCHM Long Barrows Hants & I of W 1979 16-17 photos plan
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Source Number : 8a
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Source details : APs (St Joseph RC8, AY 133; NMR SU 4138/13/295
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Source Number : 9
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Source details : English Heritage Sched of Anc Mons Amendment 29-Oct-1990
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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
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 12115
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 43 NW 19
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1956-02-02
End Date : 1956-02-02

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1965-05-21
End Date : 1965-05-21

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

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Chilbolton Down