| Summary : A Bronze Age disc barrow survives as earthworks and forms part of the Lake Down round barrow cemetery (Monument Number 218330). It is probably one of the round barrows excavated by Mr Edward Duke of Lake House in the early 19th century (Number 11). The round barrow was listed as Wilsford 80 by Goddard and subsequently by Grinsell. It was surveyed at a scale of 1:1000 in May 2009 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. It is the only disc barrow and the largest barrow in the cemetery, with an overall diameter of 57m. The barrow comprises an small mound, 0.2m high and a maximum of 8.2m in diameter, which sits off-centre on a platform, 32.5m in diameter, defined by a ring ditch and outer bank, each of which are up to circa 6m wide. |
More information : Bronze Age disc barrow, listed by Grinsell as Wilsford 80 and part of the Lake Down barrow group recorded as SU 13 NW 48. Excavated by Duke, who found a primary cremation in an urn. The barrow is still extant as an earthwork. See parent record (SU 13 NW 48) and Ordnance Survey record card for details of dimensions. (1-3)
The barrow has been recorded on aerial photographs and has a central mound, diameter 14m, surrounded by a berm, 13m wide, which is surrounded by a ditch and bank giving the barrow an overall diameter of 57m. IT is centred at SU 1182 3920.
The barrow appears to have have been eroded by ploughing as a field visit by the OS in 1972 reported the diameter of the barrow as 54m (see SU 13 NW 48 for details). The excavation and geophysical survey records for the barrow cemetery are listed in SU 13 NW 48. (4-9)
The Bronze Age disc barrow referred to above (1-9) was surveyed at a scale of 1:1000 in May 2009 as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. It is the only disc barrow and the largest barrow in the cemetery, with an overall diameter of 57m. It was originally listed by Goddard in 1913. The barrow comprises an small mound, 0.2m high and a maximum of 8.2m in diameter, which sits off-centre on a platform, 32.5m in diameter, that is defined by a ring ditch (0.2m deep) and outer bank (0.2m high), each of which are up to circa 6m wide. (10-11) |