360 List of Prehistoric, Roman, and Pagan Saxon Antiquities. 



[17a.] Millbarrow, a Long Barrow, set round with a peristalith of 

 sarsen stones, was destroyed before Hoare's time (1821). It lay 

 W. of village and 1ST. of Windmill Hill. A. W. II. 94 ; Smith p. 

 84, VI. F. III. f ; W.A.M. iv. 343. See Appendix Long Barrows. 



[17b.] The cromlech (?) called " Shelving Stone," in Monkton Field 

 not far from Millbarrow, destroyed in 19th century. Hoare A. W. 

 II. 94 regards it as a " Sepulchral monument set on a barrow." 

 It was a large stone propped up against two uprights. Smith p. 

 83 VI. F. III. e. See Appendix Long Barrows. 



[17c] E. of Hackpen Barn Smith p. 134 X. H. IV. s notes 7 sarsens 

 piled on one another surrounded by remains of earth mound. 

 Not in O.M. 



[17d.] A short distance N. of barrows " Avebury 36 — 40" on 

 Avebury Down, (? whether in Avebury or Winterbourne Monk- 

 ton,) a small barrow (No. 30) opened by Dean Merewether in 

 1879, surrounded by a circle of 8 stones with holes showing 

 where 4 others had stood. Diam. of circle about 9ft. Quantity 

 of pottery fragments, animals' teeth and bones, and charcoal. 

 No interment. Possibly opened before. Proc. Arch. Inst., 

 Salisbury, p. 106 fig. gg ; Smith p. 134 ; not in O.M. or Smith's 

 Map. 



Earthworks. The top of Windmill Hill (half of which is in Avebury) is 

 surrounded by a single ditch of moderate size, very visible still on 

 the N. side which is under grass, but ploughed down level on the S. 

 side which is arable. 1913. O.M. 28 NW. ; Smith VI. F. IV. a, a. 

 A bank and ditch, apparently old, runs from Ridgeway down into vale 

 between barrows 7—10 and 11—16. O.M. 28 NW. ; Smith p. 

 127 X. H. III. h. 



Finds, Neolithic. Flint scrapers, &c. Rev. H. G. O. Kendall. 



[For the remarkable occurrence of ground flint celts, &c, at Windmill 

 Hill, see Avebury.] 



Finds, Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. 300 yds. W. of Millbarrow a 

 number of large sarsen stones lay N. and S. of the Rd., Monkton to 

 Yatesbury. Four of them covered interments in circular graves 

 about 4ft. deep, opened by Mr. Eyles 1856. In one case the grave 

 was paved with stones. 



(1) Contained 6 skeletons, 2 males, 2 females, and a child. 



(2) Contained 22 skeletons with bones of dog, pig, sheep, ox, and conical 



sarsen muller weighing 12j lbs. 



(3) Contained 2 or 3 decayed skeletons. 



(4) contained a single skeleton with 2 drinking cups, curved flint knife, 



object of polished serpentine, 2 large and one smaller lignite but- 

 tons and " pulley ring." Devizes Museum Cat. II. X83— X87a, 

 X95 ; Smith p. 85, VI. F. III. g ; Gran. Brit. II. p. 2, PI. LVIII. ; 

 Evans' Stone 223 ; W.A.M. i. 303; iii. 252; iv. 343; xxxvii. 114 



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