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Monument Number 1461386
Hob Uid: 1461386
Location : Wiltshire Durnford
Grid Ref : SU1336337388
Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow forming part of the Little Down Barrow Group. The barrow was designated as Durnford 2 by Grinsell (1957) and survives as an earthwork 18 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres high and is visible on aerial photographs. This barrow was one of two of the barrow group to be excavated in 1731-32. One of the barrows contained possible secondary cremations, the other an inhumation accompanied by a spear. It is not certain whether this burial is Bronze Age or Saxon in date. The barrow mound has an indentation in the top, possibly the result of the eighteenth century excavations or erosion by modern visitors.
More information : (NB This barrow was originally recorded as part of Monument HOB UID 218265. Please check this record for any additional information.) (SU 13363738) Tumuli (NR) (1) One of three bowl barrows of the Little Down Group: Barrow B: Durnford 2, ditched, in fine condition, but the mound is truncated, 25 paces x 6 feet high. This and Barrow A (Monument HOB UID 218265) were probably opened during 1731-2: in one, two urns filled with ashes (secondary); in the other, a skeleton and spearhead (uncertain whether Early Bronze Age or intrusive and pagan Saxon). (2) Barrow B; a ditched bowl barrow 1.5 metres high with ditch 0.5 metres deep. Published 1:2500 survey revised. Additional reference (4) The barrow has been recorded as an earthwork and has been mapped from aerial photographs. The barrow is visible as a mound surrounded by a ditch and has a diameter of 18 metres. It appears to have indentations in the top, possibly the result of eighteenth century excavations or erosion by modern visitors. (5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : Grinsell L.V
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Source details : NMR OS/70130 0489-0490 24-MAY-1970
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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, Cremation, Inhumation
Evidence : Earthwork, Sub Surface Deposit, Stratified Find

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Saxon
Monument End Date : 1066
Monument Start Date : 450
Monument Type : Inhumation, Round Barrow
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Earthwork, Stratified Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Cremation, Inhumation
Object Type : SPEAR
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Period : Early Medieval
Component Monument Type : Inhumation, Round Barrow
Object Type : SPEAR
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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU 13 NW 646
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 188
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 13 NW 274
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Relationship type : General association

Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1731-01-01
End Date : 1732-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1811-01-01
End Date : 1811-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-04-20
End Date : 1972-04-20

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1461386