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Monument Number 927334
Hob Uid: 927334
Location : Wiltshire Collingbourne Ducis
Grid Ref : SU2307751686
Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow forming part of the Cow Down Barrow Cemetery. The barrow was designated as Collingbourne Ducis 16 by Grinsell (1957) and survives as an earthwork 15 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres high. Excavations in 1855 by W.C Lukis located a crouched inhumation accompanied by a bead and cup.
More information : (NB. This barrow was originally recorded as part of Monument HOB UID 224506 - NMR SU 25 SW 30. Please see this record for additional information). [Centred Su 229515] Tumuli [NR]. (1) Barrow L: SU 23085169, Collingbourne Ducis 16 a bowl barrow 15 paces in diameter, 2.5 feet high. (2) Excavated by W.C Lukis (WCL barrow 12) who located a crouched inhumation accompanied by a shale bead and an inverted cup. (3) Barrow L: A bowl barrow 0.5 metres high, under pasture with no visible ditch. Surveyed at 1:2500. (4) Originally recorded as Collingbourne Ducis 16 by Goddard. (5) A bowl barrow about 15 metres in diameter with no traces of a ditch. The barrow now has an irregular profile. Partial excavations during the 19th century revealled an inhumation. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1926
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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 : Bowl Barrow, Crouched Inhumation
Evidence : Earthwork, Sub Surface Deposit, Stratified Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Crouched Inhumation
Object Type : CUP, BEAD
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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU25SW662
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 119
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10067
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 25 SW 191
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Relationship type : General association

Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1855-01-01
End Date : 1855-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 927334