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Monument Number 221172
Hob Uid: 221172
Location : Wiltshire Alton
Grid Ref : SU1071063870
Summary : Bronze Age bowl barrow, listed by Grinsell as Alton 1, located on Milk Hill just to the north of the white horse. The mound is 32 metres in diameter and up to 1.8 metres high, and is surrounded by a ditch. There is a deep central excavation, though no details are known concerning its origins.
More information : (SU 10716387) Tumulus (NR) (1) Above the White Horse - Alton 1; ditched Bowl barrow, 24 paces x 5 ft, with central hollow in the mound. (2) A turf-covered ditched bowl barrow in generally good condition. Overall diameter 32.0m, mound 1.8m high. Upcast from a now 0.8m deep central excavation creates a false height of 2.3m on SE quadrant. Ditch, average 4.5m wide and 0.4m deep. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (3) The possible Bronze Age bowl barrow described by the previous authorities has been mapped from aerial photographs. (4)

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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 : F1 JWS 15-AUG-74
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Source details : NMR SU1063/7 (2109/1254) 26-MAR-1982
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Source details : NMR SU1063/14 (4654/04) 17-JUL-1990
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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

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 610
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 12183
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 600
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 16 SW 33
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1974-08-15
End Date : 1974-08-15

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD SURVEY
Start Date : 1997-08-01
End Date : 1998-12-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 221172