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In a barrow at Charlton opened 1832, a small triangular bronze 

 knife dagger. Devizes Museum, W.A.M. vi. 259 ; xxxvii. 455, 

 GlOfig. 

 Earthworks. On Charlton Down a line of ditch cuts across ridge and 

 Ox Drove at point of intersection of tracks \ mile N.E. of Wingreen 

 Plantation, another shorter ditch cuts across a little way to the W. 

 O.M. 74 N W. ; A. W. I Stations VIII. IX. ; Ancient Earthworks of 

 Cranborne Chase 66, plan. 

 At Wingreen Hill about 2 miles S.E. of Church. A ditch cuts across 

 a promontory and the parish boundary S. of the Ox Drove. O.M. 

 74 N.W. ; A. W. I. 248 Stations VIII. IX. 

 On Tittle Path Hill, about If miles N.W. of village, Castle Rings 

 Camp. Strong earthwork, had 4 entrances ; single ditch ; area 

 Hi acres, circuit 4 furlongs 132 yards. Depth of vallum 40ft. On 

 W. of camp remains of bank and ditch. O.M. 69 S W. ; A. W. I. 253, 

 Stations VIII. IX. plan; Ancient Earthworks of Cranborne Chase 

 23 plan. 

 Just on W. side of camp a short line of ditch running N. and S. cuts 

 across the road into Crate's Wood in Semley. O.M. 68 N.E. ; A. W. 

 I. Stations VIII. IX. 

 Finds, Neolithic. Great numbers of flint scrapers, flakes, &c, are 

 found round the springs of the Nadder, as though the Neolithic 

 people had settled there. Ground flint celts have been found in the 

 rectory garden, on the Shaftesbury Rd., at Barker's Hill, and on 

 Wyncombe ; a pebble hammer stone at Barker's Hill ; a barbed and 

 tanged arrowhead (Canon W. F. Short collection). Many of the 

 scrapers, &c, now in Salisbury Museum, 1911). 

 At Windwhistle 1 mile SW. of Donhead St. Mary Church, 2 leaf-shaped 

 arrowheads and hundreds of worked flints, scrapers, hollow scrapers, 

 cores, &c. Canon Short. Salisbury Museum. O.M. 69 SW. ; 

 Salisbury Field Club Trans. I. 34. 

 Finds, Bronze Age. Bronze palstave, and socketed celt found on 

 surface E. of Castle Rings ; Blackmore Museum. Bronze palstave 

 from surface near Castle Rings ; Canon Milford, of E. Knoyle. 

 W.A.M. xxxvii. 132, 133, 135. 

 In 1896 a bronze founder's hoard was found " at Donhead " consisting 

 of 3 celts, 1 hammer, 1 mould for celts, 1 armlet, 1 burnishing stone, 

 2 fragments of bronze, and several lots of wire, now in Farnham 

 Museum. W.AM, xxxvii., 137, 138, 140, 155, 157. 



DOWNTON. 

 Barrows. 



1. Barrow on boundary line of parish and county, |-mile S. of Great 



Yews. O.M. 71 SW. [Round ploughed into oval shape. M.E.C.]. 



2. "Giants Grave," Long barrow 1 mile N.W. of New Court Farm, 



| mile S.W. of Charlton Farm. O.M. 71 SE. ; not in A. W. L, 

 Station, VII. See Appendix, Long Barrows. 



