Disc barrow, Weather Hill &copy; Vieve Forward

SU2051 : Disc barrow, Weather Hill

taken 7 years ago, near to Everleigh, Wiltshire, Great Britain

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Disc barrow, Weather Hill

A rare example of a disc barrow on part of Salisbury Plain used by the MOD. Link

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) The site is demarcated by white-topped posts which can be seen by tanks both day and night.
Disc barrows are round barrows featuring a small mound separated from a ditch of much greater diameter by a wide berm. The ditch may be accompanied by an external (or occasionally internal) bank; in this example there is an outer bank. Probably Bronze Age.

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Grid Square: SU2051, 14 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Vieve Forward (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Saturday, 25 April, 2015 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 28 April, 2015
Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Grassland
Period (from Tags): Bronze Age
Subject Location: OSGB36: SU 2041 5131 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:15.6353N 1:42.5330W
Camera Location: OSGB36: SU 2045 5135
View Direction: Southwest (about 225 degrees)