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Kitchen Barrow
Hob Uid: 216001
Location : Wiltshire Bishops Cannings
Grid Ref : SU0668064790
Summary : Neolithic long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill, listed by Grinsell as Bishops Cannings 44. The barrow is extant as an earthwork mound 34 metres long, 18 metres wide and up to 2.7 metres high. The side ditches are 8 metres wide and up to 40 cm deep. Grinsell referred to a sarsen protruding from the north east end, but this can no longer be seen. 5 sherds of Roman pottery found on the surface are in Devizes Museum. The long barrow has also been recorded on aerial photographs.
More information : (SU 06686480) Kitchen Barrow (NAT) Long Barrow (NR). (1) On Kitchen Barrow Hill - Bishops Cannings 44: long barrow orientated NE/SW, 106 ft by 70 ft by 7 1/2 ft. Side ditches curve slightly inwards at NE end, near which large sarsen protrudes from the mound (2). SU 06686480 The long barrow, 34.0m NE-SW by 18.0m is up to 2.7m high above the side ditches which are 8.0m wide and 0.4m deep. The barrow, situated on the end of NE-SW ridge, is well preserved except for a modern depression at its NE end. The sarsen noted by Grinsell cannot now be located. Published survey 25" revised. (3) SU 066648. Five sherds of ? Romano-British coarse pottery were found on the surface at Kitchen Barrow, and presented to Devizes Museum by J Pile. (Acc No 43 1970). (4) The Neolithic long barrow described by the previous authorities has been mapped from aerial photographs. (5-6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : L Grinsell: Archaeological Gazetteer
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Source details : F1 MHB 09-OCT-73
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Source details : RAF CPE/UK/1821 2075-6 04-NOV-1946
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Source details : NMR SU0664/25 (1751/283) 06-MAY-1980
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Long Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 101
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 31
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 12168
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 06 SE 4
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1973-10-09
End Date : 1973-10-09

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD SURVEY
Start Date : 1997-08-01
End Date : 1998-12-01

Historic England Research Records

Kitchen Barrow