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Monument Number 887703
Hob Uid: 887703
Location : Wiltshire Codford
Grid Ref : ST9789142801
Summary : A Bronze Age bell barrow forming part of the Aston Valley Barrow Cemetery situated south of Codford Down. The barrow, designated as Codford St Peter 4 by Grinsell (1957), is locatedat the northern end of the cemetery and survives as an earthwork comprising a mound with a flat top 6 metres across, which is 2.8 metres high and 22.5 metres in diameter. There is a slight berm on the western side. Surrounding it is a quarry ditch 5 metres wide and 0.5 metres deep on all but the northern side where it is set into the hillside and has become infilled. Excavations by William Cunnington in 1801 revealed a primary cremation with a perforated dolerite battle-axe/hammer beneath an inverted Bronze Age urn.
More information : (NB.This barrow was originally recorded as part of monument record HOB UID 211332 - ST 94 SE 9. Please see this record for additional information held for this barrow and barrow cemetery.) (Barrow D: ST 97894280) Tumuli (GT) (1). Barrow D; Codford St Peter 4, a bell barrow 51feet in diameter, 8 feet high, with a berm 13 feet wide, ditch 18 feet wide, 1.5 feet deep. It contained a primary cremation with a perforated dolerite battle-axe/hammer beneath an inverted Middle Bronze Age urn, deposits of ashes nearby. (2-3) ST 9788421. Barrow D consists of a 2.8 metre high central mound with a 0.5 metre deep ditch and a segment of an outer bank. It no longer has the appearance of a bell barrow though there is a slight berm on the west side. (4) No change, report of 07-Jan-1969 correct. (5) The bell barrow is at the northern end of the cemetery. It has a mound with a flat top 6 metres across which is 2.8 metres high and 22.5 metres in diameter. There is a slight berm on the western side. Surrounding it is a quarry ditch 5 metres wide and 0.5 metres deep on all but the northern side where it is set into the hillside and has become infilled. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : F2 MJF 27-JUN-1975
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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 : Bell Barrow, Cinerary Urn, Cremation
Evidence : Earthwork, Sub Surface Deposit, Stratified Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bell Barrow, Cinerary Urn, Cremation
Object Type : PERFORATED OBJECT, BATTLEAXE, AXE HAMMER
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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 31665
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 172
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 94 SE 57
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Relationship type : General association

Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1800-01-01
End Date : 1810-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-01-07
End Date : 1969-01-07

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1975-06-27
End Date : 1975-06-27

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 887703