Monument record MDO8799 - Bronze Age Round Barrow, Rams Down, Hurn

'C' - Diameter 27 paces, height 6ft.

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". <1-5>

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> Society of Antiquaries of London, 1855, Archaeologia 36, 185 (Serial). SDO20254.

<2> Society of Antiquaries of London, 1911, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London 24, 39 (Serial). SWX9176.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1907-38 (Map). SWX1540.

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

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1940, Hampshire Barrows; Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 14, 19 (Article in serial). SWX3470.

<5> Grinsell, L V, 1940, Hampshire Barrows; Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 14, 361 (Article in serial). SWX3470.

<6> Burton, V J, Field Investigators Comments VJB, F1 VJB 26-OCT-54 (Unpublished document). SWX3796.

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

Record last edited

Nov 3 2023 4:49PM