Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow survives as earthworks and forms part of the New King Barrows linear cemetery (Monument Number 219753). The barrow measures 47m in diameter and comprises a circular mound, 3.7 metres high and of two phases, surrounded by a ring ditch 0.3m deep. The round barrow was listed as Amesbury 31 by Goddard (1913) and as a bell barrow by Grinsell (1957). The mound suffered at least 3 areas of storm damage in 1987 and 1990; archaeological investigation following this recovered three sherds of Peterborough Ware plus some flints, mostly flakes, blades and cores. Traces of a buried soil horizon were noted, as was the structure of both mound and surrounding ditch. The round barrow was surveyed by the RCHME in 1990 and observed in April 2011 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project - Level 1 survey. |
More information : `F' - SU 13474233: Amesbury 31. A bell barrow with an overall diameter of 147ft. (1)
Amesbury 31, a ditched bowl barrow with an overall diameter of 46m and 3.7m high. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (2)
Originally recorded as Amesbury 31 by Goddard. (3) Storm damage, including uprooting of trees, in 1987 and 1990 led to an archaeological investigation of this barrow. Traces of a possible buried soil horizon were noted and a sherd of Peterborough Ware was recovered from beneath the barrow. The ditch was found to be flat-bottomed and 0.8m deep. (4)
The barrow falls within the area mapped from aerial photographs by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. It has been included on the survey maps, but is covered by trees, and no further information could be added from aerial photographic evidence. (6)
The Bronze Age bowl barrow referred to above (1-6) survives as earthworks which were surveyed by the RCHME in 1990 and observed in April 2011 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project - Level 1 survey. The round barrow measures 47m in diameter and comprises a circular mound, 3.7 metres high and of two phases, surrounded by a ring ditch. The summit of the mound measures 6m and the base 35m in diameter. The ditch is 0.3m deep and measures between 6m and 8.5m wide, with a gap to the south-west. The mound suffered at least 3 areas of storm damage in 1987 and 1990, with three more tree-throw holes in the ditch (see source 4). (7)
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