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Amesbury 48a (Grinsell)
Hob Uid: 219507
Location : Wiltshire Amesbury
Grid Ref : SU1165042650
Summary : A possible Bronze Age bowl barrow 30 paces (c 90 feet) in diameter; part of the Cursus barrow cemetery (Monument Number 219681). It was discovered by R S Newell and Grinsell confirmed it (Amesbury 48a) was visible on an aerial photograph, presumably as a crop mark as nothing is visible on the ground at the recorded location. No photograph reference was quoted nor any feature recorded at this location by English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project or Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. This record may be duplicated by Amesbury 115 (Monument Number 1119671), a nearby causewayed ring ditch, although the marks observed could be 20th century cultivation marks.
More information : SU 11664265. Listed as Amesbury 48a; a bowl barrow 30 paces (circa 90 ft) in diameter found by R.S Newell. (1) There are no visible remains of a barrow in this area. (2) This location falls within the area mapped from aerial photographs by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. The presence of a barrow was not confirmed by either survey. (4) This area was surveyed in April 2009 as part of the Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project but no earthworks relating to the monument referred to above (1-4) were recorded. No photographic reference was quoted by Grinsell (see source 1) and it is possible that the site was duplicated as Amesbury 115 by the RCHME (Monument Number 1119671) , and that the marks observed are 20th-century cultivation marks. (5-7)

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Source details : LV Grinsell: Archaeological Gazetteer
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Source details : F1 ANK 21-JAN-71
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Source details : Record number 566
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Source details : English Heritage: Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project
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Source details : Sharon Bishop/27-MAY-2010/English Heritage: Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project
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Source details : Amadio, L & Bishop, S 'The Cursus Barrows and surrounding area.' Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. Archaeological Survey Report. RDRS 85/2010. Swindon: English Heritage.
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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, Round Barrow
Evidence : Uncertain Evidence

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : 20th Century
Monument End Date : 2000
Monument Start Date : 1901
Monument Type : Cultivation Marks
Evidence : Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU14SW740
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 SW 29
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1971-01-21
End Date : 1971-01-21

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1994-12-01
End Date : 1995-08-01

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2001-02-01
End Date : 2001-07-01

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2008-01-01
End Date : 2013-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Amesbury 48a (Grinsell)