| Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow survives as earthworks and forms part of the cemetery group recorded as Monument Number 219428. The round barrow measures 34.6m in overall diameter and comprises a roughly circular mound, 1.6m high and of at least two phases, which is almost surrounded by a shallow ditch. The barrow was excavated in the early 19th century by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, who noted that it had been opened before but located several inhumations, potsherds, a perforated antler pick (now in Devizes Museum) and a large deep cist (Barrow 104: 1812). It was listed as Durrington 50 by Goddard (1913) and as a bowl barrow by Grinsell (1957). The site was mapped at a scale of 1:10,000 from aerial photographs as part of the RCHME: Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP project and the mapping revised at a scale of 1:2500 for the English Heritage Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. The round barrow was also surveyed at 1:1000 in 2011 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. |
More information : SU 13624369; Durrington 50, a bowl barrow 90ft x 6ft (1). Colt Hoare (Barrow 104) found several inhumations, urn fragments, an antler implement (DM 1466) and a large deep grave or cist. The barrow had been previously opened. (2-3)
Durrington 50, a bowl barrow 1.8m high with slight traces of a ditch. In good condition. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (4)
Originally recorded as Durrington 50 by Goddard (5)
The barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs, and has been mapped by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. (7-8)
The Bronze Age bowl barrow referred to above (1-8) survives as earthworks which were surveyed at 1:1000 in 2011 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. The round barrow measures 34.6m in overall diameter and comprises a roughly circular mound, 1.6m high and of at least two phases, which is almost surrounded by a shallow ditch. The upper mound is 0.3m high: its summit measures between 11.5m and 13m in diameter, with possible slumping along the southern edge, and the base between 16m and 18m in diameter. A narrow berm, just under 1m wide, separates the base of the upper mound from the upper edge of the lower mound, except to the south-west where it widens to 4m wide. The lower mound stands 1.3m high: its summit measures between 18m and 19m and its base between 26m and 27.5m in diameter. The ditch is 0.2m deep and between 4m and 6m wide: it was been truncated by ploughing, notably to the south and east where it has been eroded completely. (9) |