207292

MERE DOWN FARM

MONUMENT NO. 207292

BRONZE AGE BOWL BARROW -2600 to -700

CREMATION -2600 to -700

URN -2600 to -700

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.

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