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Monument Number 918824
Hob Uid: 918824
Location : Wiltshire Pewsey
Grid Ref : SU1875056580
Summary : A Bronze Age round barrow, listed by Grinsell as Pewsey 9 and described by him as a bowl barrow. Excavations in the early 19th century by Colt Hoare of either this or Pewsey 8 (SU 15 NE 95) recovered a crouched inhumation. Excavations in 1958 suggested that the monument is in fact a disc barrow. A robbed-out grave pit was found. Early Neolithic pottery ("Windmill Hill ware") was found within the pre-barrow soil. The barrow is extant as an earthwork mound circa 18 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high, surrounded by a ditch 5 metres wide and 0.2 metres deep.
More information : SU 18735658: Pewsey 9, a bowl barrow 10 paces in diameter, 1ft high. Either this barrow or Pewsey 8 (SU 15 NE 95) contained a primary crouched inhumation. (1) Excavations in 1958 found it to be a disc barrow containing a robbed-out grave. Windmill Hill pottery was present within the Old Ground Surface suggesting Neolithic occupation within the locality. Silting within the barrow ditch suggests a Romano-British cultivation layer. (2) Pewsey 9; found on excavation to be a disc barrow, although it now appears to be more like a ditched bowl barrow. Mound c. 18m in diameter and 0.3m high, the ditch 5m wide, 0.2m deep. Surveyed at 1:2500. (3) Originally recorded as Pewsey 9 by Goddard. (4)

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Source details : Grinsell, LV. Archaeological Gazetteer
Page(s) : 187
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Source details : (F. de Mallet Vatcher)
Page(s) : 231, 339-51
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Vol(s) : 57, 1958

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Source details : F1 JWS 27-MAR-73
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : (EH Goddard)
Page(s) : 306-7
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Vol(s) : 38, 1913-14

Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Early Neolithic
Display Date : Early Neolithic
Monument End Date : -3300
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Disc Barrow, Crouched Inhumation
Evidence : Earthwork, Sub Surface Deposit

Components and Objects:

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

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 15 NE 96
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Monument Number 918824