By Mrs. M. E. Cunnington. 405 



Wilsford. 3. (N.Wilts) " Ell Barrow," on Black Heath, near the Wils- 

 ford— Charlton parish boundary. Length 170ft. ; E. and W. Opened 

 by Thurnam, but it had been rifled before, and he only found the 

 remains of skeletons. No particulars are given. He also found a 

 secondary Saxon burial of a large male skeleton at full length, a foot 

 or so under the turf. The skull was cleft, but the wound was of a 

 different character from the breakages of skulls in primary burials 

 in "Long" barrows, and had apparently been inflicted by a sword. 

 {Arch. xlii. 196, note). 

 This conspicuously situated barrow stands on un ploughed down, and its 

 ditches are still quite distinct. It has been much trampled about in 

 the last few years by mounted soldiers, who seem to use it as a look- 

 out post. A flagstaff for flying the danger signal of the artillery 

 range has been planted in the mound. O.M. 46 NE ; A. W. I. 175 ; 

 Arch. xlii. 180, 196, note ; MS. Cat. 148 (the entry is that of the 

 secondary interment only). 



Wilsford (S. Wilts). 13. On Normanton Down, S. of Stonehenge. 

 No. 151 of Hoare's Normanton Group. Length 65ft. ; S.W. and N.E. 

 There is no record of this barrow having been opened, but it rather 

 looks as if it might have been. It is a small, but judging by external 

 appearances a true " Long " barrow ; the ditch on the S. side is quite 

 distinct and does not appear to be continued round the ends of the 

 mound ; on the other side it is not so clear, but as it is within a few 

 feet of a large disc-shaped barrow, the making of the latter may have 

 obscured the ditch of the former. O.M. 54 SW. ; A. W. I. 201. 



Wilsford. 30. ' On Normanton Down, S.W. of Stonehenge. No. 173 

 of Hoare's Normanton group. Length 126ft. ; E. and W. Opened 

 by Hoare and Uunnington, who made a section in the broad end and 

 found a secondary burial of a skeleton, and " on reaching the floor 

 of the barrow, four other skeletons strangely huddled together." 

 This barrow lies on unploughed down, and is in good condition with 

 very fairly well-defined ditches. O.M. 60 NVV. ; A. W. I. 206 ; Arch. 

 xlii. 180. 



Wilsford. 34. On Wilsford Down, S.W. of Stonehenge. No. 170 of 

 Hoare's Normanton group. Length 117ft. ; N.E. and S.W. Opened by 

 Thurnam in 1865 — 6, who found at least five skeletons, all apparently 

 secondary burials ; but as no primary burial was found, he seems, in 

 the end, to have been a little doubtful as to whether the five burials 

 were all secondary or not. Unfortunately there seems to be no con- 

 secutive or published account of the discoveries in this barrow, and 

 the following notes are taken from the MS. Catalogue. At the extreme 

 W. end of the barrow, at a depth of about 2ft., was found the skele- 

 ton of a boy, lying on its back, with head to the S.S.W. ; " with legs 

 doubled up, knees not drawn up." A second skeleton was found, 

 near the summit of the barrow, also near the W. end, but to the E. 

 of the last ; it was in a contracted position and without relics. A 



This is the barrow referred to by Thurnam as " Normanton No. 173." 



