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Durrington 14 (Goddard)
Hob Uid: 939097
Location : Wiltshire Durrington
Grid Ref : SU1184044110
Summary : A Bronze Age round barrow survives as earthworks and forms part of the Durrington Down round barrow cemetery (Monument Number 219633). It measures a maximum overall diameter of nearly 34m and comprises a central mound which sits on a circular platform that is surrounded by a concentric ring ditch and outer bank. The mound stands circa 0.5m high, the ring ditch is just circa 0.1m deep and the outer bank 0.2m high. A berm separates the bottom of the mound from the edge of the ditch. Excavations in the early 19th century by Colt Hoare found a skeleton with four beads and he noted that the barrow appeared to have been opened before (Barrow 73). The round barrow was listed as Durrington 14 by Goddard and by Grinsell (as a saucer barrow). It was surveyed by English Heritage at a scale of 1:1,000 in 2010 as part of the Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project.
More information : `M' - SU 11844411; Durrington 14, a saucer barrow with an overall diameter of about 112ft. (1) Excavations by Colt Hoare (Barrow 73) found traces of a cremation and a possible secondary inhumation with four lignite beads found near the neck (DM 311-2). (2-3) Durrington 14, a saucer barrow, 32m in diameter with a 1.1m high mound, a 0.5m deep ditch and a 0.3m high outer bank. Published survey (25") revised. (4) Originally recorded as Durrington 14 by Goddard. (5) 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. (7-9) The Bronze Age round barrow referred to above (1-9) survives as earthworks centred at SU 1184 4412. It measures a maximum overall diameter of nearly 34m and comprises a central mound which sits on a circular platform that is surrounded by a concentric ring ditch and outer bank. The mound stands circa 0.5m high: it's top measures 6.5m and its base 11m in diameter. The platform is 14m in diameter and a berm separates the bottom of the mound from the edge of the ditch. The ring ditch measures 5m wide and is just circa 0.1m deep, and the outer bank measures 4m wide and stands 0.2m high. The round barrow was surveyed at a scale of 1:1,000 by English Heritage in 2010 as part of the Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. (10-11)

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Source details : Grinsell, LV. Archaeological Gazetteer
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Source details : Bishop, S 2010 Durrington Firs. Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. Archaeological Survey Report. RDRS 86/2010. Swindon: English Heritage.
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Source details : Annable, FK & DDA Simpson. 1964. A Guide Catalogue to the Neolithic and Bronze Age Collections at Devizes Museum, p51 nos 274-7
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Source details : Goddard, EH. A list of prehistoric, Roman and pagan Saxon antiquities in the county of Wiltshire...
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Source details : NMR SU 1144/2 (CCC 11752/4513) XX-JAN-1927
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Source details : USAAF US/7PH/GP/LOC122 1082-3 24-DEC-1943
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Source details : NMR SU 1243/3/367-8 (1352/367-8) 11-OCT-1978
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Source details : Sharon Bishop/24-SEP-2010/English Heritage: Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project
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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 : Saucer Barrow, Inhumation
Evidence : Earthwork, Sub Surface Deposit

Components and Objects:

Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Saucer Barrow, Inhumation
Object Type : CREMATION, BEAD, PENDANT
Object Material : Shale

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU14SW631
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 SW 416
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Relationship type : Is referred to by

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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1994-12-01
End Date : 1995-08-01

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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2001-02-01
End Date : 2001-07-01

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2008-01-01
End Date : 2013-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD SURVEY
Start Date : 2011-01-01
End Date : 2011-12-31

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Durrington 14 (Goddard)