Wilsford 6 (Goddard) |
| Hob Uid: 943061 | |
Location :
Wiltshire
Wilsford cum Lake
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| Grid Ref : SU1176441260 |
| Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow survives as earthworks. It has been recorded as part of the Normanton Down (Centre) barrow group (Monument Number 219537) and forms part of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery (Monument Number 1531088). The round barrow was excavated early 19th century by Sir Richard Colt Hoare (Barrow 157), who found that it had been opened previously. The round barrow was listed as Wilsford 6 by Goddard and subsequently by Grinsell. It was surveyed at a scale of 1:1000 in April 2010 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. The surviving earthworks have an overall diameter of 36m and comprise a central mound surrounded by a ring ditch, with a concentric outer bank which overlies that around Wilsford 7 (Monument Number 943168) immediately to the south-east, suggesting that Wilsford 6 is later. The mound stands 1.3m high: its top measures 5m in diameter and is occupied by a hollow, 0.4m deep and 2.5m in diameter. The base of the mound, at the bottom of the ditch, is 15.5m in diameter. A break in the mound's slope represents the original ground level. The ditch is circa 0.2m deep and measures up to 7m wide, as does the outer bank. The monument has been damaged by fence lines and grazing animals. |
More information : `D' - SU 11764126; Wilsford 6, a bowl barrow with a ditch and outer bank and an overall diameter of 118ft. (1) Excavations by Colt Hoare (Barrow 157) found it had been opened previously. (2)
Wilsford 6; a bowl barrow with a ditch and outer bank. Apart from the height of the central mound the proportions are similar to those of a saucer barrow. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (3)
Originally recorded as Wilsford 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. (6-7)
The Bronze Age bowl barrow referred to above (1-7) was surveyed at a scale of 1:1000 in April 2010 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. It has been recorded as part of the Normanton Down (Centre) barrow group (Monument Number 219537) and forms part of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery (Monument Number 1531088). The surviving earthworks have an overall diameter of 36m and comprise a central mound surrounded by a ring ditch, with a concentric outer bank which overlies that around Wilsford 7 (Monument Number 943168) immediately to the south-east, suggesting that Wilsford 6 is later. The mound stands 1.3m high: its top measures 5m in diameter and is occupied by a hollow, 0.4m deep and 2.5m in diameter. The base of the mound, at the bottom of the ditch, is 15.5m in diameter. A break in the mound's slope represents the original ground level. The ditch is circa 0.2m deep and measures up to 7m wide, as does the outer bank. The monument has been damaged by fence lines and grazing animals. (8) |