Monument record MDO8797 - Bronze Age round barrow, Rams Down, Hurn

'A' - A bowl barrow, diameter 24 paces, height 6ft. Enclosed by a modern ditch and bank.

A gold torc of the Middle Bronze Age was found in 1852 by the Third Earl of Malmesbury, either in one of these three barrows or in one of the many "scattered over the top and sides of St. Catherine's Hill". One of the other barrows contained "ashes in a vase of unbaked pottery". <1> <3-5>

All three barrows destroyed by levelling around a Radar station. The site of 'B' is still indicated by a very low vague non-surveyable mound.
No further evidence obtained to connect the gold torc with any of these three barrows. <6>

<1> Anon, Archaeologia 36, p185 (Article in serial). SWX3846.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1907-38 (Map). SWX1540.

('A' - SZ 13519660, 'B' - SZ 13539654, 'C' - SZ13469667 Tumuli (NR)

<3> Crawford, O G S, 1911-12, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries 24, p39 (Article in serial). SWX3847.

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1940, Hampshire Barrows; Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 14, p19 (Article in serial). SWX3470.

<5> Grinsell, L V, 1940, Hampshire Barrows; Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 14, p361 (Article in serial). SWX3470.

<6> Burton, V J, 1954, Field Investigators Comments VJB, F1 VJB 26-OCT-54 (Unpublished document). SWX3801.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458425 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 3 2023 4:55PM