| Summary : Group of nine Bronze Age round barrows, seven occurring in a broadly linear arrangement, with two further mounds some 150 yards to the north (these are recorded separately as ST 55 SW 78). One of the barrows was excavated in 1815 by Skinner, who found a quantity of charcoal and some scattered ashes. There has been some confusion over the naming of the group, with the name Priddy Nine Barrows applied mistakenly, it seems, to the Ashen Hill Group (ST 55 SW 5). |
More information : [ST 539514] PRIDDY NINE BARROWS (TUMULI) [GT]. (1)
These barrows are wrongly named.
[Note: this has been amended on current 6".] [For correct site
of Priddy Nine Barrows - see ST 55 SW 5] (2)
They consist of a line of seven, with two more 150 yds. away
[to the north.] The most southerly is at the summit of North
Hill (1000 ft.) (3) The smallest was opened by Skinner who
found a quantity of charcoal and a few scattered ashes. T 328
- T 334.
Scheduled. (3-4)
'Ashen Hill Barrows' (5)
Resurveyed at 1/2500 (6)
Wicks' (authy 2) conclusion that this southern group of barrows
had been wrongly named 'Priddy Nine Barrows' and should apply
to the northern group (see ST 55 SW 5), was challenged by
Grinsell. He examined the available documentary evidence and
revealed that the southern group had been consistently known as
Nine Barrows since 1296 and was often mentioned on several
medieval and later surveys because the Chewton Mendip/Priddy
parish boundary passes through them. (7)
Priddy Nine Barrows.Barrows listed by Grinsell as Priddy 28-34
and Chewton Mendip 13-14,at ST 53845157,53865154,53885151,53915148,
53945147,53975146,53995144,53885174 and 53875170. (Chewton Mendip 13-14 recorded separately by OS as ST 55 SW 78) (8)
Additional references. (?-?)
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