![]() Source : SU 16 SW 24, Adam's Grave (1974)/Antiquity ModelĮvidence : Earthwork, Sub Surface DepositĬomponent Monument Type : Long Barrow, InhumationĮxternal Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)Įxternal Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)Įxternal Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No. Source : Oblique aerial photograph reference number Source details : L Grinsell: Archaeological Gazetteer Source : A history of Wiltshire: volume 1, part 1 Source : Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) The Neolithic long barrow, the possible Medieval pillow mounds and the enclosures of unknown, date described by the previous authorities, have been mapped from aerial photographs. It is not possible to ascertain the periods of construction of the various additions to the long barrow purely by field investigation but both mounds within the ditch may well be pillow mounds. ![]() sea walls, rock-armour, and groynes, quarrying of rock and gravel from. It is badly mutilated by flint digging but comprises a bank an average 0.3m high with a shallow outer ditch. Cliffs in Bridport Sand Formation capped by Inferior Oolite limestone at Burton. Overlying the SE end of the long barrow is a square enclosure of side 18m. It has been constructed upon part of the weak bank of a rectangular enclosure 34m long and 8m wide lying along the ditch. They can be built with a series of steps or tiers or even built to create planting beds leaving room for the addition of landscaping. ![]() Retaining walls are also built to raise living spaces above the surrounding ground plain. A retaining wall is an architectural structure that also serves a purpose to hold sloping ground in place and to prevent the movement of soil. That in the SW is 12m long, 6m wide and up to 1.6m high above the ditch. Oolite Retaining Wall in Miami Beach, FL. That in the NE is 16m long, 6m wide and up to 1.4m high above the ditch. In the SE end of each of the side ditches a subsequent mound has been constructed. SU 11236339 Adam's grave long barrow 65 m long and 28 m wide in the SE tapering to 16m in the NW, is ridge backed and rises to 6.5m in height above 1.5m deep side ditches. Excavated by Thurnam who found traces of primary skeletons and leaf arrowhead. Part of sarsen chamber exposed at SE, and original retaining wall of alternate sarsens and oolite dry-walling (now obscured). More information : (SU 11236339) Adam's Grave (NAT)Īdam's Grave - Long barrow - is to be identified with 'Wodnesbeorge' of the Saxon Charter's of 825 AD.Īlton 14 Length 200 ft. A square enclosure, with sides 18 metres long, partly overlies the south east end of the barrow. Wall cladding, flooring, architectural elements, stepping stones, landscape boulders and retaining walls, wall caps, coping, stair treads, fountains. A later mound has been constructed over the southern end of each of the side ditches. It stands up to 6.5 metres high, and is flanked by side ditches up to 1.5 metres deep. The barrow mound survives as an earthwork 65 metres long and 28 metres wide at its south eastern end, narrowing to 16 metres at its north western end. He found traces of primary interments plus a leaf arrowhead. The mound was excavated by Thurnam in 1860. Summary : Neolithic long barrow, identified with the "Wodnesborge" of a charter of 825 AD. Historic England Research Records Adams Grave
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