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Milston 12 (Grinsell)
Hob Uid: 916500
Location : Wiltshire Milston
Grid Ref : SU1929046710
Summary : A round barrow comprising a central flat-topped mound with a berm, bank and external ditch. Excavated by Colt Hoare who doubted whether it was sepulchral. The barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs.
More information : Milston 12 (D) round barrow at SU 19294671. Mound 135' x 6', bank 21 x 2', ditch 18' x 1 1/2'. A large circular mound encircled by a vallum outside of which is the surrounding ditch. Opened by Colt Hoare who doubted whether it was sepulchral; no signs of any interment, and the only finds were `a few animal bones of deer etc.' (1) Milston 12. As described by Grinsell it is `a round barrow of exceptional type' (1). Presumably a barrow, it consists of a central flat-topped mound surrounded by a berm above the outside groud level, a bank and an external ditch. Total diameter about 70m. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (2) Originally recorded as Milston 12 by Goddard. (3) This 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. (4-5)

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Source details : VCH Wilts. 1 1957 226 (L.V Grinsell)
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Source details : F1 ANK 22-JUN-71
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Source details : Wilts. Archaeol. Natur. Mag. 38, 1913-14. 289. (E.H Goddard)
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Source details : NMR SU 1846/7 (CCC 4559)
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Source details : NMR SU 1946/34 (18230/08) 20-DEC-1998
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Round Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Findspot
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Components and Objects:

Period : Uncertain
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : ANIMAL REMAINS
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU14NE720
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10152
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 NE 172
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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

Historic England Research Records

Milston 12 (Grinsell)