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RODMEAD HILL
BRONZE AGE CINERARY URN -2600 to -700
BRONZE AGE CREMATION -2600 to -700
BRONZE AGE ROUND BARROW -2600 to -700
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)
26-01-14