More information : (SU 08717111) Tumulus (NR). (1)
Avebury 44c: a bowl barrow 25 paces in diameter by 1ft high. On arable. (2)
A bowl barrow 24.0m in diameter, the eastern half is 0.5m high and the western part which is under plough is 0.3m high. (3)
The barrow was surveyed by staff of RCHME Salisbury in 1990, as part of a survey of the Windmill Hill causewayed enclosure and adjacent earthworks. The work was undertaken at the request of Alasdair Whittle of University College, Cardiff. The survey also forms part of an RCHME project to record the monuments of the Avebury World Heritage Area. The bowl barrow (sited to SU 08717110) has been reduced by ploughing and is bisected by a modern fence line. Only the eastern half survives as a semi-circular mound 18m wide and up to 0.3m high. Refer to the archive report for a full discussion of the surveyed earthworks. (4)
Documentary sources dealing with the round barrows on Windmill Hill were examined as part of the RCHME project on Industry and Enclosure in the Neolithic. There appears to be no record of any excavation having taken place. The barrow, Grinsell's Avebury 44c, would seem to be Smith's (5a) barrow 'n', described by him as "a wide low barrow, in the arable field, with a grass footpath over the middle of it, else it would be nearly effaced by the plough...". See archive report for a full discussion of archaeological work and discoveries in the vicinity. (5)
A ditch surrounding the mound of the bowl barrow described by the previous authorities was mapped from aerial photographs. The ditch enclosure measures roughly 30m in diameter. (6)
The earthwork mound of the barrow with a central depression are visible on lidar and were mapped as part of the Avebury WHS Lidar and NMP Review. (7) |