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Amesbury 83
Hob Uid: 912489
Location : Wiltshire Amesbury
Grid Ref : SU1819040950
Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow 2m high and surrounded by an infilled quarry ditch which survives as a buried feature. Part excavation of the barrow unearthed pottery and a cinerary urn with the remains of a cremation. The finds are now held in Salisbury Museum. The barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs.
More information : (`H' SU 18194095) Amesbury 83. A bowl barrow 28 paces in diameter, height 6ft. Three sherds (LBA?) found by Grinsell. (1) Three sherds , side and rim of a biconical urn found with cremated bones of a secondary burial, and one Deverel-Rimbury sherd, Acc. no 55/65, Salisbury Museum, found within this barrow. (2) Amesbury 83. SU 18194095. A bowl barrow 2m high. This is probably a bowl barrow though there is a slight berm on the northern side giving it the appearance of a bell barrow. The barrow is situated within a field which has been recently ploughed and harrowed. There are no soilmarks indicating a ditch but it is probable that, when under pasture, it appears to have a ditch because of ploughing close to the base of the barrow forming a slight ploughing headland. The barrow is in good condition. Surveyed at 1:2500. (3) Originally recorded as Amesbury 83 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)

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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 : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
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Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Cinerary Urn, Cremation
Evidence : Earthwork, Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Cinerary Urn, Cremation
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

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 : SU14SE716
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 SE 213
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Relationship type : General association

Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
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

Historic England Research Records

Amesbury 83