228 List of Prehistoric, Rowan, and Pagan Saxon Antiquities. 

 CODFORD ST. MARY. 



Barrows. 4 barrows on Lamb Down S. & S.E. of Codford Circle (1-4). 

 O.M. 59 NW. 



Hoare opened one small one, the others had been opened before 

 his time. A. W. I. Station III. shows 2 barrows only. 



1. Barrow f mile S. of Oodford Circle, | mile E. of Codford St. Mary 



village. O.M. 59 NW. ; A.W.I. Station III. 



2, 3. Two barrows close together \ mile E. of (1). O.M. 59 NW. • 



not in A. W. I. Station III. 

 4. Small barrow i mile S. of two last, opened by Hoare ? Urn in cist 

 inverted over burnt bones. 0. M. 59 NW. ; A. W. 1. 81 PL VIII. 

 Station III. ; Stourhead Cat. 250. 



Earthworks. Codford Circle or "Oldbury Camp" on high point of 

 down \ mile N.E. of Church of Codford St. Mary. Slight vallum 

 and ditch outside, too slight for defence, no entrance. Area over 9 

 acres, circuit 3 furlongs, 110 yds. O.M. 58 NE. & 59 NW. ; A. W. I. 

 80, Station III. Fig. p. 89. [Both exterior and interior under cul- 

 tivation but the bank itself has not been ploughed. M.E.C.] 



Roman, British settlement " near Codford Circle." A.W. I. 80. Large 

 settlement between E. Codford Down and Clay Pit Hill, not marked 

 on O.M- 53 SW., about l£ mile S. of Chitterne St. Mary village. 

 Site partly ploughed, much Bom. Brit, pottery on surface. M.E.C. 



CODFORD ST. PETER. 

 Barrows. 



On Codford Down S. of Amesbury — Warminster Bd. at 12 miles from 

 Amesbury, 0. M. 52 SE. shows 6 barrows (1—6) close together, ap- 

 parently Nos. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, of Hoare's " Ashton "Valley Group " of 11. 

 All opened by Hoare and Cunnington. A.W. I. 78 plan Station III- 

 The second numbers in brackets are Hoare's. [All Hoare's barrows 

 except (3) still exist, but (9 — 11) are difficult to see. Never ploughed 

 but injured by rabbits, 1913. M.E.C] 

 1. (1) Large bowl-shaped barrow with ditch, 80ft. diam. X 6ft. high, 

 opened by Cunnington 1801. 5 urns with burnt bones just under 

 turf, 4 more urns subsquently found with crouched skeleton. 

 Opened again 1803 by Cunnington. Cist in floor of barrow with 

 burnt bones only. Opened again 1808 by Hoare. On S. side 

 skeleton of infant a year old in small cist. Another cist with 

 large urn and bones. O.M. 52 SE. ; A. W. I. 78. 

 [la]. (2) Small barrow on E. side of (1), with deep ditch. Frag- 

 ments of urn and burnt bones just under turf. Circular shaft 

 in chalk 5ft. deep X 2ft. diam., with smaller circular cist with 

 burnt bones, at the bottom of it. A.W. I. 78; not on O.M. 

 52 SE. [Not now visible, 1913. M.E.C] 



