Winterbourne Stoke 8 (Goddard) |
| Hob Uid: 870419 | |
Location :
Wiltshire
Wilsford cum Lake, Winterbourne Stoke
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| Grid Ref : SU1026641838 |
| Summary : A Bronze Age bell barrow survives as earthworks within the main alignment of the Winterbourne Stoke Crossroads round barrow cemetery (Monument Number 219525). It has an overall diameter of 39m and comprises a roughly circular mound which sits on a platform that is defined by a ring ditch. The mound stands 1m high: its summit measures 8m across and its base circa 20.5m in diameter. Its southern side has slumped to meet the top of the ditch, probably due to animal burrowing. The berm is widest to the north-west, where it is 6m wide, and the platform measures a maximum of 28.5m in diameter. The ditch is circa 0.3m deep and between 5m and 6m wide: it has fairly straight, gently sloping sides and a fairly flat bottom. The barrow was excavated in the early 19th century by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, who found a primary burial deposit comprising two inhumations with a variety of grave goods (some in Devizes Museum: Barrow 25: 1812). It was listed as Winterbourne Stoke 8 by Goddard (1913), who described it as a bowl barrow, and listed as such by Grinsell (1957). The barrow was mapped from aerial photographs at a scale of 1:10,000 as part of the RCHME: Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP project and this mapping revised at a scale of 1:2500 for the English Heritage Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. The round barrow was surveyed at a scale of 1:1000 in August 2009 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. |
More information : `H' - SU 10264184; Winterbourne Stoke 8, a bowl barrow 90ft in diameter, 5ft high when seen by Grinsell but 108ft across and 6ft high when seen by Colt Hoare (Barrow 25). Colt Hoare's excavations revealed a primary burial of two skeletons with an `A' beaker which had been disturbed by a secondary cremation near the feet. Accompanying the primary inhumations were a grape cup, another cup, two whetstones, a bronze pin, a flat pebble and incisor teeth of a beaver. (1-2)
SU 10264183 A ditched bowl barrow nearly 40m in overall diameter with a maximum height of 1.7m (3)
Originally recorded as Winterbourne Stoke 8 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. (7-10)
The Bronze Age bell barrow referred to above (1-10) survives as earthworks, which were surveyed at a scale of 1:1000 in August 2009 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. Although described as a bowl barrow by Goddard (1913) and Grinsell (1957) the earthworks clearly illustrate a bell barrow form. The barrow has an overall diameter of 39m and comprises a mound which sits on a platform that is defined by a ring ditch. The mound stands 1.7m high: its summit measures 8m across and its base circa 20.5m in diameter. Its southern side has slumped to meet the top of the ditch, probably due to animal burrowing. The berm is widest to the north-west, where it is 6m wide, and the platform measures a maximum of 28.5m in diameter. The ditch is circa 0.3m deep and between 5m and 6m wide: it has fairly straight, gently sloping sides and a fairly flat bottom. (11-12) |