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Monument Number 240943
Hob Uid: 240943
Location : West Berkshire Ufton Nervet
Grid Ref : SU6355166623
Summary : A Bronze Age barrow is located to the east of Camp Road, Ufton Nervet. The barrow was recorded as an earthwork from aerial photographs of the 1950s and 1960s.
More information : At SU 6355 6662 is a large ditched round barrow, recently discovered by the Aldermaston Archaeological Society. It seems to be a bell barrow, which has been disturbed by digging. The ditch is 0.5 m deep and the mound 1.6 m high. Surveyed at 1/2500. (See Linear No. SU 66 NW). A crop mark immediately to the south, at SU 6353 6657, may represent the site of another barrow. (1) The two barrows described above in (1) were recorded from aerial photographs of 1963 during the Silchester Iron Age Environs Project. The northernmost barrow is Scheduled and centred at SU 63553 66624. It is sub-circular in shape, measuring 35 m in diameter, and surrounded by a ditch. The barrow was in open ground on photographs of 1963 (4) and partially visible under trees on photographs of 1954. (5) For details of the second barrow see NRHE 1601190.

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : F1 GHP 03-MAY-63
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : Mr. Combley, Aldermaston Arch. Soc., A.W.R.E. Aldermaston, Berks.
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : NMR OS/63196 027-028 30-JUL-1963
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : RAF 58/1434 F21 0025-6 12-MAY-1954
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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 : Bell Barrow
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External Cross Reference Source : Unified Designation System UID
External Cross Reference Number : 1007946
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 19025
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (West Berkshire)
External Cross Reference Number : MWB3326
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (West Berkshire)
External Cross Reference Number : MWB3325
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 66 NW 11
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1963-05-03
End Date : 1963-05-03

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 1987-01-01
End Date : 1987-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1988-01-01
End Date : 1988-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2015-10-01
End Date : 2016-09-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 240943