More information : (ST 87047379). Tumulus. (NR). (1)
Tumulus. (NR). (Site of.) (NAT.)
Adjoining copse called Bushy Barrow. (2)
A tumulus was not visible to Crawford in 1932; 'only a flattish
platform as for a house', at the site marked. (3)
There were irregularities in the next field to the south.
Passmore could find nothing in 1952.(4) Grinsell lists it as
Bushy Barrow, under Biddestone, as a bowl barrow, 8 paces in
diameter and 6 inches high; but gives it, in error, the N.G.R.
of the castle mound in Corsham (ST 87 SE 4). (3-5)
There are now no remains of this barrow. Its site, just off
the crest of a hill, is represented by a level area which
suggests that the mound was deliberately removed. Hedging
ditches cut into the fringes of the mound shown on the OS 25'
(pre 1932). No significant features were noted in fields to
the south. (4)
Published detail amended on OS 25' for AO records. (6)
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