Monument record MDO6360 - Disc Barrow, Oakley Down Group, Wimborne St Giles

Disc barrow, oval in plan to accommodate two mounds near the centre. The monument is cut on its south east arc by the Ackling Dyke Roman road. In 1975 the RCHME reported that both mounds were 35 feet in diameter and survived 2 feet high. The berm is about 60 feet across; the ditch 16 feet wide and 2 feet deep. The outer bank is of similar dimensions. Both the internal mounds have previously yielded primary cremation burials accompanied by grave goods.

A disc barrow, part of the Oakley Down group of barrows (SU 01 NW 19). It comprises two mounds surrounded by a ditch and outer bank. Both mounds are close to the centre of the enclosed area, and are both circa 35 feet in diameter and 2 feet high. The berm is circa 60 feet across, and the ditch is 16 feet wide and 2 feet deep. The outer bank is of similar dimensions to the ditch. The barrow is cut on the southeast side by the Roman road (Ackling Dyke). Both mounds were dug into in the early 19th century by Cunnington and Hoare (their barrow 8). Both apparently showed signs of having been dug into before. In the more westerly of the two mounds, they found a small pit beneath the mound containing a cremation accompanied by over 100 amber beads plus spacer plates, presumably representing some form of necklace. Also present was a bronze dagger and a bronze awl. The other mound covered a pit containing a cremation plus amber, faience and shale beads, a bronze awl and an "Aldbourne Cup" accessory vessel. Potsherds were also found within the body of both mounds. Some of the finds from these mounds are in Devizes Museum. The interment associated with the north western mound was accompanied a small bronze dagger, a bronze awl, amber beads and space -plates: that to the south east was associated with a bronze awl, amber and faience beads, and an 'Aldbourne' cup. <4>

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