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Monument Number 1082168
Hob Uid: 1082168
Location : Wiltshire Avebury
Grid Ref : SU0881071290
Summary : A possible Bronze Age bowl barrow circa 30 metres south east of Windmill Hill causewayed enclosure, seen as a low earthwork mound with a surrounding ditch visible as a cropmark. The barrow was recorded for the first time by RCHME in 1990. Barrows in the vicinity of Windmill Hill were included in survey and documentary research by RCHME for the Industry and Enclosure in the Neolithic Project. See the archive report for details.
More information : SU 08817129: ? Bowl barrow recorded for the first time in 1990 during RCHME survey of the earthworks on Windmill Hill. The survey had been requested by Alasdair Whittle of University College, Cardiff. The survey also formed part of an RCHME project to record the monuments of the Avebury World Heritage Area. The barrow is oval in plan with a maximum length of 22m. it has been reduced by ploughing to a height of 0.2m. Refer to the archive report for a full discussion of the surveyed earthworks. (1) A ditch surrounding the round barrow, described by the previous authority, was visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs, with only slight traces of the inner mound visible. The ditch has a diameter of around 20m. (2) The mound was seen as an earthwork in a 2006 lidar survey. (3) (SU 0881 7129)

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Source details : RCHME Field Investigation 1990 (DS McOmish)
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Source details : RAF 106G/UK/1415 3075-3076 14-APR-1946
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Source details : LIDAR SU0871 ENVIRONMENT AGENCY LAST RETURN 03-MAY-2006
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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
Evidence : Cropmark, Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 07 SE 53
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
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Activity type : FIELD SURVEY
Start Date : 1997-08-01
End Date : 1998-12-01

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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2011-01-01
End Date : 2011-05-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1082168