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ST 79904036. St. Mary the Virgin's Hospital, Maiden Bradley, was founded c.1154. It appears to have been placed under Augustinian canons between 1189-120, and although it cared for lepers after 1325, it had the status of a priory. It was dissolved in 1536. There are extensive earthworks, surveyed by the RCHME, which appear to show that the priory had a claustral layout. There is also a triangular enclosure with possible cells suggestive of the area for lepers. The 14th century gatehouse and other parts of the priory remain in the buildings of Priory Farm. Listed (1987).

ST 80363865. Parish church. 12th century, early 14th-15th century, 1845 restoration. Rubble stone and dressed limestone, stone slate roof. West tower, nave with north and south aisles, chancel and Lady Chapel, south vestry and porch. All Saints' Church, Maiden Bradley, has a 14th c south arcade

(though the north arcade is earlier) and Decorated and Perpendicular

details. There was a 19th c restoration. (2) Listed (1987).

ST 779384. Deserted settlement evidenced by a number of earthworks, enclosures and building platforms.

ST 825360. Site of a small long barrow. A small long barrow, situated east of the earthwork on Rodmead Hill is listed by Grinsell as 'destroyed?'. It was excavated by Colt-Hoare (who describes it as near Rodmead Denning) and he found the remains of several skeletons previously disturbed. An accompanying map shows it NE of the earthwork. (1-2)

There are no indications of a long barrow in this area. (3)

ST 82363565. [Near Rodmead Wood] Bronze Age oval barrow lying on the crest of a south west facing slope above a complex of steep sided dry valleys. The barrow includes an oval mound 23 metres long and a maximum of 16 metres wide, aligned with the direction of the slope. The mound, which tapers gently towards its north eastern end, reaches a maximum height of 1.3 metres immediately south west of its central point. The sides of the mound and its north eastern end are flanked by ditches from which material for its construction was quarried. These have become largely infilled and can now be seen as slight hollows although they also survive as buried features approximately 3 metres wide. Scheduled (1997).

ST 81803790. Bowl barrow - cremation burial. 'Tumulus' shown and described in a

meadow south of Newmead Farm (1) (2) was excavated by Hoare; it contained a simple interment of burned bones. (Not recorded in VCH Wilts 1 1957, 134 ff - Wilts barrows - by L V Grinsell) (1-2)

This barrow cannot be located. (3)

ST 80363872. Romano British burial in a lead lined sarcophagus was found in 1965 during excavations for a swimming pool. The lead coffin and Sarcophagus are in All Saints Church, Maiden Bradley, the skeleton is in Devizes Museum.

ST 83073490. Bowl barrow, the eastern half damaged by a road. Excavation before 1811; found an urned cremation. Bowl barrow, north-west of Mere Down Farm, the eastern half removed by the road. It is now 20 paces wide and 2 feet high. Hoare reports that excavation revealed an upright urn with two perforations in it and a cremation. Grinsell suggests this to be probably LBA. (2-3) Bowl barrow, 8.0 metres long and 1.0 metre high, reduced in size by

road widening.

ST 828349. Group of three barrows west of Mere Down Farm. Excavated before 1811 one contained an urned cremation, the other two only charcoal. Now levelled, although soilmarks visible on air photograph may mark their site.

ST 794387. Possible field system seen on air photograph. Rapid examination of air photography (1a/1993) suggests the presence of a field system, of Unknown date, visible as cropmarks on Mapperton Hill. (1)

ST 819385. Rectilinear enclosure, of Unknown date, seen as a cropmark.

Rapid examination of air photography (1a/1993) suggests the presence of a rectilinear enclosure, of Unknown date, visible as a cropmark northeast of Newmead Cottages. (1)

ST 834341. Curvilinear enclosure, of Unknown date, seen as a cropmark.

Rapid examination of air photography (1a/1993) suggests the presence of a curvilinear enclosure, of Unknown date, visible as a cropmark on the hill between Mere Down Farm and East Hill. (1)

ST 806392. Medieval earthworks of a shrunken settlement identified near Maiden Bradley. The earthworks at Perry Farm, Maiden Bradley lie c500m E of the main part of the village of Maiden Bradley on Upper Greensand at c195m OD. The surveyed earthworks represent the remains of holloways associated with poorly preserved property boundaries and the sites of several possible structures. A number of linear features represent the boundaries of 5-7 properties arranged as a double row along a well-preserved holloway and associated with field remains. The remains of field boundaries extend S and E of the settlement remains.

ST 777398. A small circular earthwork on Craer Hill is referred to, in passing, by Hoare, and is marked on his map as a sub-rectangular 'camp' astride the road... (1) The site indicated by Hoare is at the end of a low ridge and suitable for both defensive and non-defensive enclosure. The work may still exist but a dense undergrowth of bracken, bramble and rhododendron makes the area virtually impenetrable. (2/1969) There is now no trace of this earthwork [1978].

ST 799375. Three scarps, 0.5m to 1.5m high, with

intervening terraces, 12m wide extend for 100m at the base of Long

Knoll hill, and are probably Medieval strip lynchets. Visible on RAF

air photographs

ST 82073917. A bowl barrow situated 750 metres north east of Newmead Cottages. The barrow, which lies on a south facing slope immediately below the crest of Brimsdown Hill, includes a mound 12 metres in diameter and 0.6 metres high. This is surrounded by a ditch from which material for its construction would have been quarried. This has become infilled but survives as a buried feature 2 metres wide. Scheduled (1998).

A bowl barrow, 9 paces in diameter and a foot high, in long grass and apparently unopened. Found by AD Passmore and confirmed by Grinsell.

(Grinsell sites it to ST 82103919) (1-2)

When viewed from below the south side of the hill the mound has the appearance of a barrow but from the east and west it seems to be nothing more than slip. Very doubtful, and not surveyed. (3)

A low circular mound measuring 8.5m diameter and 0.3m high lies on a 'false crest'. Its regular form suggests that it is artifical, though it is much lower than nearby barrows and it has not been ploughed or otherwise mutilated. Identity uncertain.

ST 8236. Three round barrows (? duplicate). A cluster of three small low barrows 'placed in a triangular form', apparently once ploughed over, was excavated by ColtHoare. They were situated on the adjoining hill to long barrow near Rodmead Penning (ST 83 NW 5), overlooking the Vale of Deverill. 'Flint barrow' (ST 83 NW 19) is described as being at the eastern point of the same hill.

One of the barrows had been previously disturbed, but burnt bones, pieces of amber, beads and a jet ring were found. Another contained a cremation with a bronze awl in an urn within a shallow cist, but the third barrow was unproductive. From the description and Colt Hoare's map, the barrows appear to have been situated on Rodmead Hill, around ST 8236, and Grinsell associates them with the three barrows, ST 83 NW 21 and 31. (1-2)

ST 82223590. Near Rodmead Wood. Two round barrows; round barrow (site of).

ST 82233594 and ST 82243591 : Two bowl barrows, 6 ft and 10 ft in diameter, 1 and 1 1/2 ft high respectively. Both were discovered by Grinsell in 1951. (1) ST 82223591. A small unsurveyable swelling 0.2m high may mark the site of another barrow.

Group surveyed at 1:2500. (2) 'A' A circular mound, probably a barrow, measures 10.0m diameter and 0.3m high. 'B' An oval mound, measuring 12m by 7.5m and 0.2m high, is possibly a barrow. 'C' No trace of mound now remains. The mounds are now under plough.

ST 80303778 (centred). Rag Wood. Md lynchets and hollow-ways. The vestiges of an ancient ditch on the narrow ridge separating Bradley Knoll and Long Knoll, are noted by Hoare and marked on his map (1). Listed by Grinsell (2) and apparently identified with the hachuring at ST 80353787, which seems to be a hollow way. Hoare's map, however, suggests a longer course and the field boundary to the south may mark it. (1-3) The apparently associated earthworks shown on OS 25' are in fact medieval lynchets and hollow ways and as such are of minor archaeological significance. (4)

ST 819360. Near Rodmead Wood. Site of a former field-system, now destroyed. Slight ridges of field system. (Not described in VCH Wilts, 1, 1957, L V Grinsell). It is visible on APs and may be contemporary with the rig-and-furrow which abuts it on the north. (1-2) Only the slightest vestiges of this field-system can be seen on the ground; of minor archaeological significance. (3) The fields are permanently under plough and no traces of the field-system could be identified now. (4 - 1978) Nothing visible on OS air photographs.

ST 80793872. Mound.Kingston Lane. "Very large (round) barrow much ploughed". (1) A mound of sandy earth, 36.0m across and 0.8m high, spread and flattened by ploughing. There is no trace of a surrounding ditch and although it is possibly a barrow it could be dumped material or a natural rise.

ST 80603770 (centred). Little Knoll. Md strip lynchets. A flight of three contour following Medieval strip lynchets with risers 1.5m high and treads 5 to 9m wide, lie at the base of a steep slope on the south side of Little Knoll. They extend over 450m in a northwest to southeast direction. Visible on OS air photographs (a). Area delineated on Record 6". (1)

ST 817373 (centred ). Near Truncombe Wood. Old field-system (cropmark) and plough damaged rig and furrow.

A series of parallel soil-marks, circa 35.0m apart and extending over 10.0 ha are visible on OS air photographs. These features are possibly the result of Medieval agriculture. (1)

The site falls in an area of flat low-lying meadow land. Faint traces of ploughed down or aborted narrow rig and furrow extend north to south across the fields. There are no apparent surface indications

of the parallel soil marks which occur transversely to the rig-and- furrow. It seems most likely that this pattern represents an early form of agriculture practice, or drainage; of minor archaeological interest. (2)

ST 81633917) Tumulus. Bronze Age bowl barrow 650 metres south east of Baycliffe Farm. The barrow, which lies on a narrow ridge forming the western end of Brimsdown Hill, includes a slightly oval mound approximately 22 metres (east-west) by 18 metres and 2.5 metres high. A 3 metre wide ditch, from which material to construct the mound would have been quarried, is visible on the eastern (upslope) side of the mound only. Elsewhere around the mound it has been infilled and will survive as a buried feature. The barrow was partially excavated by Sir Richard Colt Hoare in May 1807 when a cist containing a cremation burial, a bone pin and a small bronze dagger were found. Scheduled.

A bowl barrow, 25 paces in diameter and 8 feet high. Excavated by Colt Hoare, May 1807, finding a cist containing a primary cremation with a bone pin and a small bronze dagger, now in Devizes Museum. (2-3)

ST 80063865. Tumulus. Bronze Age ditched bell barrow, lying on level ground 70 metres north of Church Farm House on the west side of Maiden Bradley. The barrow has a mound 20 metres in diameter and 3.2 metres high, the southern side of which has been disturbed by a substantial cutting. The mound is surrounded by a sloping berm which averages 10 metres in width, beyond which are traces of a ditch 4 metres wide. Scheduled (1997).

A bowl barrow, 30 paces in diameter and 10 ft high, west of Maiden Bradley Church. (2) A bowl barrow, tree covered, diameter 23.0m, height 2.5m. It has formerly been dug into on the south side for the construction of a building (now demolished).

ST 80203896. Tumulus. Bronze Age bowl barrow lying on level ground 100 metres south east of the crossroads in Maiden Bradley. The barrow includes a mound approximately 30 metres in diameter and 1.7 metres high. The mound, which shows signs of a shallow disturbance on its north west side, is surrounded by a quarry ditch which has become infilled over the years but will survive as a buried feature 3 metres wide. Scheduled (1997).

A bowl barrow, 24 paces in diameter and 6 ft high, south-east of the school, Maiden Bradley. (2) A bowl barrow 22m in diameter and 1.9m high; it has a slight mutilation on the west side. (4 - 1978)

ST 800 390. House built circa 1790. 55 THE RANK.

'A': ST 81983660 and 'B': ST 82053636. Tumulus.

Two bowl barrows, 12-13 paces in diameter and 1 1/2 feet high. The more northerly ('A') has a central mutilation and the other ('B') is ditched. These barrows are associated by Grinsell with a group of three barrows excavated by Hoare - see ST 83 NW 32. (2)

'A', a small bowl barrow 0.5m high.

'B', a bowl barrow 0.5m high with traces of a ditch.

Two bowl barrows which lie 350 metres apart on Rodmead Hill 560 metres and 670 metres east of Rodmead Farm. The barrows, which are aligned north-south, each include a mound 14 metres in diameter and approximately 0.8 metres high. Each mound is surrounded by a ditch from which material for its construction was quarried. These have become infilled but will survive as buried features 2 metres wide. The northern barrow, which lies on a north facing slope, shows signs of disturbance to the centre of the mound which may be the result of partial excavation carried out by Sir Richard Colt Hoare in the early 19th century. The southern barrow, which lies on level ground at the head of a narrow coombe, was also probably excavated by Colt Hoare. Scheduled (1998).

ST 8197435992. Bronze Age saucer barrow situated to the southeast of Rodmead Farm. The barrow is one of two saucer barrows on Rodmead Hill and survives as an earthwork 10 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high, surrounded by a shallow ditch 1.8 metres wide and an outer bank 2.7 metres wide. Excavations by Sir Richard Colt Hoare in 1807 revealed a Saxon extended inhumation, with its head to the northeast, accompanied by a bowl, buckle, clasp, bucket, shield boss, sword, knives and spearheads. The grave goods indicate a seventh century of early eighth century date for burial. [more text] [also see as part of: 1461879]

ST 82123593. Rodmead Hill. Prehistoric enclosure of possible Bronze Age or Iron Age Date. This consists of a sub rectangular or D shaped enclosure. The monument survives as an bank and outer ditch enclosing an area of 0.5ha. Scheduled (1998). [more text]

ST 8198835962. Bronze Age saucer barrow situated to the southeast of Rodmead Farm. It is one of two saucer barrows on Rodmead Hill and survives as an earthwork. The mound has a diameter of 9.6 metres,a ditch 1.8 metres wide with traces of an outer bank 1.8 metres wide. Excavations by R.COlt Hoare in 1807 located no traces of any features or structures.[also see as part of: 206919]