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Monument Number 208019

Hob Uid: 208019
Location :
Wiltshire
Monkton Farleigh
Grid Ref : ST8084066380
Summary : Bowl barrow
More information : [ST 8084 6638] TUMULUS [OE]. (1)

A bowl barrow, at Kingsdown Plantation, 25 paces in diameter and
2 1/2 feet high (2) on arable converted to grass, 1951. It is
mentioned in a report on the Roman road (RR 53) by Hoare, in 1819,
as a barrow 'not very high but of considerable circumference'. (2-3)

This is a bowl barrow 0.8m high. Surveyed at 1/2500. (4)

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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : V.C.H., Wilts , 1 , 1957 , 184. (L.V.Grinsell)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : W.A.M., 20 , 1881-2, 71. (C.Hobhouse)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : F1 JP 14-SEP-67
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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
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 86 NW 24
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1967-09-14
End Date : 1967-09-14