394 List of the Long Barrows of Wiltshire. 



Laverstock. 3. " Hand Barrow," about a mile N.E. of Old Sarum, f 

 mile N. of Ford, on the S. side of the Portway. Length 1 48ft. ; N.N". E . 

 and S.S. W. Nothing known of any opening. It is shown on Hoare's 

 maps as two round barrows, but he speaks of it as " a tumulus called 

 Hand Barrows, as if there were two mounds, but I am inclined to 

 think they originally formed one long barrow." A. W. II. Roman 

 JEra, 46. There are now dwarfish trees growing on the mound, but 

 it is otherwise probably much in the same condition as when Hoare 

 saw it. The ground round it is ploughed up to the edge of the 

 mound, so that the ditches, if any, are entirely obliterated. A 

 quantity of material has been taken away from the central part of 

 the mound, giving somewhat the appearance of two distinct mounds, 

 as at Corton Long Barrow {see under Boyton), but it is nowhere 

 levelled down to the natural surface ; material has also been taken 

 from the larger end, leaving a hollow. In spite of these dis- 

 figurements, however, the mound still has decidedly the appearance 

 of a "Long" barrow ; it is considerably wider at one end than the 

 other and tapers off regularly almost to a point. O.M. 66 N.E. ; 

 A. W. I. Station V., South, map only ; II. Roman 2Era 46. 



Luckington. 1. " Giant's Caves." Length 123ft. 1 ; E. and W. Cham- 

 bered. Apparently rifled at some unknown period and the cists or 

 chambers left uncovered. This barrow now appears as a mere untidy 

 shapeless heap in a grass field, covered with bushes ; there are several 

 large stones placed edgeways, half buried in the ground, that appear 

 to be the ruins of at least three chambers ; one of these, oblong in 

 shape, seems to be fairly complete except for any covering stones it 

 may have had. O.M. 12 NW. ; A. W. II. 101—2 (quotes Aubrey and 

 Childrey); Arch. xlii. 203. 



Milston. 1. On Brigmerston (or Brigmilston) Field, S. of Silk Hill. 

 Length 1 ; N.E. and S.W. No recorded opening. Now down to 

 grass, but formerly much ploughed over and thrown about ; ditches 

 obliterated. O.M. 55 NW. ; A. W. I. Map of Everley Station. 



Milston. 22. On Brigmerston Down, E. of source of 9 mile river, and 

 W. of the big " Ditch." Length about 100ft. ; S.E. and N. W. Does 

 not appear to have been opened. Turf, in fair condition, apparently 

 never ploughed. Ditch on S.W". side well defined, but on the other 

 side obscured by an old trackway. O.M. 55 NW. Not shown by 

 Hoare. 



Milston. 31. On Milston Down, to the N.W. of barrows 39, 40. 

 Length 106ft. S.S. E. and N.N. W. No record of opening. Perhaps 

 a doubtful " Long " barrow. It is a wide rather flat mound, some 

 66ft. in width, rather larger at the southern end ; it can hardly be 

 said that any ditch is distinguishable, but the fact that rabbits have 

 burrowed a good deal on both sides, and not at the ends, suggests 

 that there were side ditches only. It stands in a thin plantation, but 

 there are no trees growing actually on the barrow. O.M. 55 NW. 



Present measurement, but no doubt longer originally. 



