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Cursus Barrow Group

Hob Uid: 219681
Location :
Wiltshire
Amesbury
Grid Ref : SU1126542736
Summary : A Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located mostly south of the western end of the Cursus (Monument Number 219546). The cemetery extends 1200m east / west along a ridge and measures 250m wide. It comprises the round barrows recorded as Winterbourne Stoke 28 to 30 and Amesbury 43 to 56, plus the Fargo hengiform. See the individual Child records for details concerning the specific barrows. All of the barrows were examined by Colt Hoare in the early 19th century. The round barrows were surveyed by English Heritage in 2009 and 2010 as part of the Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project.
More information : (SU 11354274) Tumuli (AT) (5 shown). (1)

Barrow cemetery comprising of five bowl barrows (Amesbury 49-53). (2) Excavations by Colt Hoare found that two of the barrows contained burials, Amesbury 51 (SU 14 SW 422) and Amesbury 52 (SU 14 SW 423) the others were unproductive. (3)

Amesbury 51 (SU 14 SW 422) was re-excavated in 1960 found that the barrow contained a total of four inhumations, and it had a possible mortuary house. Bluestone fragments were recovered from the ditch. (4-6)

Published 1:2500 surveys revised. (7)

The barrow cemetery is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs, and has been mapped by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. Details of each barrow are recorded separately. (8)

The Cursus barrow cemetery extends 1200m east / west along a ridge and measures 250m wide. It comprises the round barrows recorded as Winterbourne Stoke 28 to 30 and Amesbury 43 to 56, plus the Fargo hengiform. The round barrows either side of the Fargo Plantation were surveyed at 1:1,000 scale by English Heritage as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project. The barrows to the east were surveyed in April 2009 and the Monarch of the Plain (Amesbury 55) was surveyed in March 2010. The hengiform and round barrows within Fargo Plantation were observed during a rapid field investigation in November 2010. See individual barrow records for details. (9-11)
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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 : Komar A M & Bishop, S 'Fargo South.' Stonehenge World Heritage Site Landscape Project. Archaeological survey report. RDRS 96-2010. Swindon: English Heritage.
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Source details : Ministry of Works: Excavations 1961, p6
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Source details : F1 ANK 11-JAN-71
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Source details : English Heritage: Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project
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Source details : Sharon Bishop/02-AUG-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 : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Barrow Cemetery
Evidence : Earthwork, Cropmark
Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Barrow Cemetery
Evidence : Earthwork, Cropmark
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 65K
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 SW 87
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