Amesbury 6 (Goddard) |
| Hob Uid: 933195 | |
Location :
Wiltshire
Amesbury
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| Grid Ref : SU1200642123 |
| Summary : Bronze Age bowl barrow, listed by Grinsell as Amesbury 6 and part of the barrow group to the south west of Stonehenge recorded as SU 14 SW 88. Excavations were carried out by Colt Hoare in the early 19th century, and apparently also the previous century by either Stukeley or Lord Pembroke. Apparently an inhumation was recovered from an "oblong cist", presumably a chalk-cut grave. Geophysical survey in 1993-4 confirmed that the barrow was surrounded by a double ring ditch, the inner ring apparently featuring gaps to the north west and south east. A central feature recorded might represent the primary burial pit or later disturbance. The mound survives as an earthwork 0.7 metres high and about 30 metres in diameter. |
More information : `C' SU 12004211; Amesbury 6 a bowl barrow 75ft in diameter and 3.5m high (1). Excavated by Colt Hoare (Barrow 19) but had also been excavated by Lord Pembroke or Stukeley. An inhumation situated within an oblong cist was recorded (2).
Amesbury 6, a bowl barrow 0.7m high and about 30m in dimater. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (3)
Originally recorded as Amesbury 6 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. (7)
A prominent circular mound; the lower part, measuring 36 by 27m, is 0.4m high; on top of this is an upper mound 0.2m high and a small tump 0.1m high, possibly representing several phases but the mound is disturbed, making interpretation difficult.; the surrounding ditch is visible to the SW up to 0.3m deep. (8)
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