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Monument Number 221918
Hob Uid: 221918
Location : Swindon Central Swindon South
Grid Ref : SU1804082730
Summary : A bowl barrow set on a flat clay plain at the foot of a chalk escarpment. It is visible as an irregular mound 0.5 metres high and is surrounded by a ditch from which material was quarried during its construction. This has become infilled over the years but will survive as a buried feature. Scheduled.
More information : (SU 18048272) Mound (TI). (1) Chiseldon - 14 paces in diameter, 1ft high. A small mound with the appearance of a barrow. (2) A ploughed and spread earthen mound 0.3m high and ditchless. Superficially it resembles a barrow but there are other vague irregularities in the field and the origin of all is most uncertain. (3)

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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 (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28971
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 18 SE 4
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1968-11-13
End Date : 1968-11-13

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 221918