Durrington 51 (Goddard) |
| Hob Uid: 858731 | |
Location :
Wiltshire
Durrington
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| Grid Ref : SU1352043680 |
| Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow survives as earthworks and forms part of the cemetery group recorded as Monument Number 219428. It comprises a roughly circular mound with a step or ledge around the eastern half that could suggest two phases of construction. The mound is circa 0.9m high; the summit measures 6m and the base 18m in diameter. The barrow was excavated in the early 19th century by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, who located a primary cremation in a circular cist (Barrow 100:1812). It was listed as Durrington 51 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 December 2011 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. |
More information : SU 13514369; Durrington 51, a bowl barrow 48ft x 3ft. (1) Excavations by Colt Hoare (Barrow 100) located a primary cremation. (2)
Durrington 51: A bowl barrow 0.7m high. Re-surveyed at 1:2500. (3)
Originally recorded as Durrington 51 by Goddard (4)
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. (6-7)
The Bronze Age bowl barrow referred to above (1-7) survives as earthworks which were surveyed at 1:1000 in December 2011 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. It comprises a roughly circular mound with a step or ledge around the eastern half that could suggest two phases of construction. The mound is circa 0.9m high; the summit measures 6m and the base 18m in diameter. (8)
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