Monument record MDO43267 - Week Street Down
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Full Description
(1) ' There is evidence of twenty round barrows in the parish, most of them levelled or badly damaged by ploughing. They are found on the two Chalk ridges which cross the parish, Week Street Down in the extreme W. and Gussage Hill in the centre.Eight barrows (18-25) are scattered over the E. slopes of Week Street Down between 220 ft., and 280 ft. above O.D. All have been greatly reduced by heavy ploughing. They were probably all opened by Warne in 1848, but it is not possible to correlate his account with individual barrows (C.T.D., Pt. I, Nos. 15-21). From the barrows excavated he recorded the following: No. 15, a primary inhumation and a secondary cremation in a cist; No. 16, two secondary or intrusive inhumations; No. 17, a very low mound, a primary crouched inhumation; No. 18, an urn from the centre and a secondary cremation to the N.W. with remains of a small urn; No. 19, six cremations in cists, two with fragments of urns; No. 20, a cremation with pottery in a cist, and a large urn containing a cremation; No. 21, no finds. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SDO17407 Machine readable data file: Garrow, D and Cooper, A. 2021. Grave Goods Project dataset. 72859.
Finds (12)
- POT (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 2450 BC to 801 BC)
- KNIFE (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 1501 BC)
- KNIFE (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 1501 BC)
- ASSEMBLAGE (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 2450 BC to 801 BC)
- ASSEMBLAGE (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 2450 BC to 801 BC)
- POT (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 2450 BC to 801 BC)
- ASSEMBLAGE (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 2450 BC to 801 BC)
- POT (Middle Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1150 BC)
- POT (Middle Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1150 BC)
- POT (Middle Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1150 BC)
- ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 2450 BC to 2201 BC)
- POT (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 2450 BC to 801 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Location
| Grid reference | ST 9681 1273 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ST91SE |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- None recorded
Record last edited
Nov 22 2021 6:57PM