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Pewsey 7 (Grinsell)
Hob Uid: 918691
Location : Wiltshire Pewsey
Grid Ref : SU1874056610
Summary : A bowl barrow which may have been investigated by Colt Hoare who located a primary cremation accompanied by grave goods. Excavations in 1958 revealed it to be a disc barrow with a robbed out grave.
More information : SU 18745661: Pewsey 7, a bowl barrow 17 paces in diameter and 1ft high. May have been the barrow investigated by Colt Hoare and found to contain a -primary cremation accompanied by a bronze awl, two shale beads and part of a small cup. Two deposits of ashes were found nearby. (1-2) Pewsey 7, excavated in 1958 when it was found to be a disc barrow containing a robbed out disc barrow. The silting of the ditch suggests a Romano-British cultivation layer. (3) Pewsey 7. A bowl barrow which on excavation was found to be a disc barrow . Mound, ave. diameter of 18m, 0.3m high, ditch 5m wide and 0.2m deep. Surveyed at 1:2500. (4) Originally recorded as Pewsey 7 by Goddard. (5)

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Source details : VCH Wilts. 1. 1957. 187 (L.V Grinsell)
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : History of Ancient South Wilts. 1. 1810, 191 (R. Colt Hoare)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Wilts. Archaeol. Natur. Hist. Mag. 57. 1958-60. 231, 339-351 (F de Mallet Vatcher)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : F1 JWS 27-MAR-73
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Wilt. Archaeol. Natur. Mag. 38, 1913-14. 306-7. (E.H Goddard)
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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, Disc Barrow, Cremation
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Components and Objects:

Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Disc Barrow, Cremation
Object Type : AWL, BEAD, VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

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External Cross Reference Number : SU 15 NE 94
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Pewsey 7 (Grinsell)