More information : `C' SU 17854189 Amesbury 67a. A disc barrow: mound 38ft diameter; and 1ft high; berm 43ft wide; ditch 18ft wide and 3ins deep; outer bank 18ft wide and 3in high. (1)
The disc barrow conforms to Grinsell's measurements. It has been preserved by the MPBW by demarcating the area of the barrow with posts, it has had, however, the east side cut inton prior to Ministry action. OS 25" survey revised. (2)
The barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs, where it appears as a circular bank 60m in diameter, with an internal ditch. It has been mapped by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. (3-6) |