| Site Name: |
Chambered long barrow, Barrow Hill, Buckland Dinham |
| Civil Parish: |
Buckland Dinham |
| Grid Ref: |
ST 7482 5030 (ST 75 SW) |
According to John Skinner there was formerly a "vaulted tumulus similar to that at Stoney Littleton, which has been nearly destroyed for the sake of procuring materials for the roads, and where quantities of human bones were found". {1}
Grinsell gives NGR as ST74925024 (Buckland Dinham iii). {2}
Seems to have been situated at the E end of the hill, possibly at ST74825030 where there is a slight spur, which appears natural. {3}
Strachey refers to this barrow in his notebook of 1737: "..here is a stone 8ft long and 2ft square now lying down but probably upright formerly..". {4}
There is a pagan Anglo-Saxon burial ground adjacent to the barrow, detailed under PRN 23162. {6}
References:
| 1 |
Historical reference - BM Skinner mss 33682 folio 137-40 (03.05.1825) |
| 2 |
Mention - Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological. Nat. History. Soc. Grinsell, L.V 1971 "Somerset Barrows, part 2" vol 115, 83 |
| 3 |
Detailed records - Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division 1964 ST75SW12 (SCC Planning Department) |
| 4 |
Mention - Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological. Nat. History. Soc. Dennison, E 1985 "Somerset Archaeology 1984-5" vol 129, 3 |
| 5 |
Historical reference - Somerset County Record Office. John Strachey notes 1737 DD.SH 107-108 |
| 6 |
Personal communication - Matthew Nicholas, Somerset County Council (9/7/2003) |
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