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Amesbury 25 (Goddard)
Hob Uid: 219621
Location : Wiltshire Amesbury
Grid Ref : SU1460341736
Summary : Bronze Age bowl barrow situated within Vespasian's Camp (SU 14 SW 69), and listed by Grinsell as Amesbury 25. It was excavated probably in the 1740s during the course of landscaping within the hillfort's interior. A bronze dagger or a bronze dagger and pin were found but have subsequently been lost. The barrow remains extant as a much damaged mound.
More information : (SU 14614174) Tumulus (AT). (1) Amesbury 25. A bowl barrow 96ft in diameter and 4ft high. It is bisected by a driveway. When opened in 1770-71 it produced a small bronze dagger. (2) Only two chords of the barrow, one either side of the drive, remain; they have a maximum height of 0.7m. Published survey (1:2500) revised. (3) This barrow is one of two barrows situated within the interior of Vespansian's Camp (SU 14 SW 69) and was opened in 1770, probably during the course of landscaping within the hillfort's interior (4). The barrow now survives on either side of the central north-south ride. The dagger recovered from this barrow has been described by Goddard, he also originally recorded the barrow as Amesbury 25. (5) The barrow falls within the area mapped from aerial photographs by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. It has been included on the survey maps, but is covered by trees, and no further information could be added from aerial photographic evidence. (7) The idea that the barrow was excavated in 1770 arose from a misunderstanding. It was almost certainly excavated in the 1740s when a carriage way was driven through it; the finds from this and another barrow within the hillfort were first exhibited in public in 1771. The barrow remains as described by Authority 3. (8)

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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : LV Grinsell: Archaeological Gazetteer
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Source details : F1 ANK 08-JUL-69
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Source details : EH Goddard: A list of prehistoric, Roman and pagan Saxon antiquities in the county of Wiltshire...
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Source details : English Heritage: Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project
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Source details : M Bowden Vespasian's Camp: analytical earthwork survey HE RRS 49-2016
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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
Evidence : Earthwork

Components and Objects:

Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bowl Barrow
Object Type : DAGGER
Object Material : Bronze

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 894/895
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 299
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU14SW894
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU14SW895
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 SW 67
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Associated Monuments :
Relationship type : General association

Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1770-01-01
End Date : 1770-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-07-08
End Date : 1969-07-08

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 : 2015-01-01
End Date : 2017-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Amesbury 25 (Goddard)