| Site Name: |
Round or long barrow, Old Down |
| Civil Parish: |
Chilcompton |
| Comprises: |
| PRN 22902 |
Excavation (2007), Old Down, Chilcompton |
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| Grid Ref: |
ST 6304 5119 (ST 65 SW) |
Oval mound oriented approx E-W. It is wider and higher at the E end but at 70ft from the E end it has a constriction suggesting that it is formed of two round barrows ploughed together. If it is a long barrow then it appears to be an unchambered one. 105ft long, the E end is 54ft wide and 6ft high, the W end is 42ft wide and 5ft high (T373). Crawford thinks it is a long barrow. {1}
Two barrows 12 paces diameter and 2ft high and 19 paces diameter and 4ft high (Chilcompton 1a and 1b). {2}
Probably a long barrow orientated E-W, 1m high at the E end and 0.5m at the W. The irregularity of the S side seems to be where it has been dug away. {3}
Survives as a low mound c0.5m high in pasture. {4}
References:
| 1 |
Mention - University of Bristol Spelaeological Society - Tratman's barrow catalogue, T373 |
| 2 |
Mention - Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological. Nat. History. Soc. Grinsell, L.V 1971 "Somerset Barrows, part 2" vol 115, 101 |
| 3 |
Detailed records - Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division 1967 ST65SW11 (SCC Planning Department) |
| 4 |
Personal communication - Webster, CJ SMRO (May 1997) |
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