Monument Number 943408 |
| Hob Uid: 943408 | |
Location :
Wiltshire
Wilsford cum Lake
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| Grid Ref : SU1086940293 |
| Summary : Bronze Age bell or bowl barrow, listed by Grinsell as Wilsford 42, and part of the Lake Group of barrows recorded as SU 14 SW 51. Excavated in the early 19th century by Colt Hoare, who found a primary cremation with a bronze awl, a red glass bead, a bone bead and a bronze dagger. All but the awl and the glass bead are lost. The barrow is extant as an earthwork mound 3.5 metres high surrounded by a ditch and, possibly, a berm. |
More information : `E'- SU 10864029; Wilsford 42, a bell barrow with an overall diameter of 127ft. (1) Excavations by Colt Hoare (Barrow 7) located a primary cremation with a bronze awl, a large stone bead stained red, a bone bead and a bronze dagger. (DM 360-1) (2-3)
Wilsford 42, though identified by Grinsell as a bell barrow this has the appearance of a bowl barrow with an encircling ditch, the berm not being readily identifiable; mound 3.5m high, ditch 0.4m deep. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (4)
Originally recorded as Wilsford 42 by Goddard. (5)
The barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs, and has been mapped by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. (7)
Large barrow standing in pasture; the ditch has been all but ploughed out but traces of a possible berm are visible around the mound especially to the south; the barrow stands at a natural break of slope so the mound is approximately 2.6m high from the SE but up to 3.8m high from the NW. (8)
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