Summary : A bowl barrow situated on the upper south east facing slope of Godlingston Hill. The barrow is one of three recorded on Godlingston Hill. The barrow has a mound composed of earth, flint and chalk, with maximum dimensions of 13.5 metres in diameter and about 0.75 metres in height. This is surrounded by an infilled quarry ditch which survives as a buried feature 1.5 metres wide. Two small quarry holes situated to the north west and south east of the barrow could also relate to the construction of the monument, as similar features are known to be associated with other barrows nearby. During the 19th century, the barrow was partially excavated by WA Miles and, later, by JH Austen. The investigations identified a cremation burial lying between two horizontal stones. Scheduled. |
More information : (SZ 01468120) Tumulus (NR) (1) Large Bowl barrow. Opened by Austen: result uncertain. Another small barrow to the East (not shown on OS 6") (2) This barrow has a diameter of 12.0m. and a height of 0.6m. It is no berm or ditch and is turf covered. It is mutilated by a small pit on top and by pits whih cut into the base in the North West and South West quadrant. Bowl Barrow. (3) 'A' - SZ 01468120. Bowl barrow, 13 paces diameter and 3 1/2ft high opened by J H Austen and possibly previously by W.A. Miles; possibly primary cremation (?) found. 'B'-SZ 01488120. Bowl barrow, 9 paces diameter and 2ft high. Seen by L. V. Grinsell. (4) 'A' SZ01468120. Bowl(?) barrow, formerly larger, now slightly oval in plan; average diameter 48ft and about 2ft high. Probably opened by Miles who found a primary cremation between two horizontal stones, and later by Austen who found nothing. (Barrow 'B') not located by RCHM. (5)
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