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Monument Number 220061

Hob Uid: 220061
Location :
Wiltshire
Pewsey
Grid Ref : SU1873056620
Summary : A cemetery of eight round barrows which occupies a prominent position, below the crest of a south west facing spur, on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain, 320 metres south east of Down Farm. Three of the barrows survive as substantial earthworks. Of these the most northerly example is a bell barrow with a mound 16 metres in diameter and a sloping bern 5 metres wide. In the centre of the mound, which reaches a height of 3 metres, are traces of disturbance, most probably resulting from an excavation by Sir Richard Colt Hoare in the early 19th century which uncovered two burials of cremated bone. South of the bell barrow is a bowl barrow which has a mound 20 metres in diameter and reaches a height of 2.25 metres. The most southerly barrow of the group is also a bowl barrow. It has a mound 30 metres in diameter and 2.5 metres high. In a line between this barrow and the bell barrow to the north east are a further two bowl barrows. These have been greatly reduced by cultivation but are still visible as low mounds 20 metres in diameter. They were partially excavated in 1958 by Faith de Mallet Vatcher who found the remains of a wooden coffin and a disarticulated burial in the northenmost barrow and an empty grave in the other. The monument also includes the site of a further three barrows. These are no longer visible of the surface but were also examined by Vatcher who identified them as saucer barrows. The site of a further possible barrow is thought to lie in the north east corner of the group. Scheduled.
More information : (Centred SU 18735662) Tumuli (LB). (1)

A barrow cemetery with bowl, bell, disc and pond barrows. The first known archaeological excavations were carried out by Colt Hoare. One barrow (either Pewsey 4, 6 or 7) was found to have contained a primary cremation with a bronze awl, two shale beads and part of a cup. Another barrow, listed by Colt Hoare as `Cone Barrow' (Pewsey 3 or 5) contained a primary cremation within a cist and a secondary cremation with a small dagger (2). The pond barrow was identified by Grinsell and is visible on APs. (3-4)

Excavations took place on five of the barrows in 1958 and as a result three bowl barrows were re-identified as disc barrows, one of which contained Neolithic pottery indicating Neolithic occupation within the vicinity. (5)
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Source details : AP OS 71/476 109, 110, 07-SEP-1971
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Source details : F de Mallet
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Vol(s) : 57, 1958-60
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Source details : 14-Jul-99
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Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Barrow Cemetery, Bowl Barrow, Bell Barrow, Saucer Barrow, Cremation, Coffin
Evidence : Earthwork, Documentary Evidence, Find, Cropmark
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 623/624
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 123
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 623/312
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 624/312
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 627/629
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 628
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 31192
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 625/626/628
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 625/100/312
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 626/100
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 15 NE 19
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