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Amesbury 78
Hob Uid: 912427
Location : Wiltshire Amesbury
Grid Ref : SU1828041020
Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow 1.8m high surrounded by an infilled quarry ditch which survives as a buried feature. A beaker sherd and further pottery was unearthed when the barrow was part excavated by Grinsell in 1931. The barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs.
More information : (`C' SU 18284102) Amesbury 78. A bowl barrow 27 paces in diameter, height 5ft, ditched: A beaker sherd found by Grinsell in 1931, and MBA sherds from barrow are in Salisbury Museum. (1) Amesbury 78, SU 18284102. A bowl barrow 1.8m high; no traces of a ditch can be seen. The field in which the barrow is situated has recently been ploughed and harrowed. There are no soil marks indicating a ditch but it is probable that, when under pasture, it appears to have a ditch because of the practice of ploughing close up to the base of the barrow thereby forming a slight ploughing headland. In good condition. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (2) Originally recorded as Amesbury 78 by Goddard. (3) 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. (5-6)

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Source details : First OS Archaeology Field Investigator 05/11/1969
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Source details : NMR SU 1841/10 (CCC 8515/8640) 04-JUL-1932
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Source details : NMR SU 1841/27-8 (4329/69-70) 07-MAY-1989
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Late Neolithic
Display Date : Late Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -2900
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
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Monument Type : Bowl Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork, Find

Monument Period Name : Early Bronze Age
Display Date : Early Bronze Age
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Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Late Neolithic
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bowl Barrow
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Period : Early Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : BEAKER
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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 214
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28925
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU14SE711
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 SE 208
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1994-12-01
End Date : 1995-08-01

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2001-02-01
End Date : 2001-07-01

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Amesbury 78