HER Record

HER ID: 27148, Long Barrow Sw Of Vernditch Chase

HER Summary: Long barrow with an ovoid mound orientated SE-NW, surviving to to a length of 36m, 25m width and 2m high.

HER Category: Monument

HER Web Link: No link available

Type: Recorded Observation
Description: No information available
Date Range: 1991 - 1991
Type: Scheduling
Description: The monument includes a long barrow set below the crest of a gentle southfacing slope in an area of undulating chalk downland. The barrow mound is ovoid in plan and orientated SE-NW. It survives to a length of 36m, is 25m wide and 2m high. It is flanked by ditches, from which mound material was quarried, to the east and west. These survive to a depth of 0.4m and are 7.5m wide on the west side, 5m wide on the east. The bank and ditch constructed to mark the post-1865 county boundary have partly obscured the outer edge of the NE ditch.
Date Range: 1991 - 1991
Type: Recorded Observation
Description: No information available
Date Range: 1991 - 1991
Type: Scheduling
Description: The monument includes a long barrow set below the crest of a gentle southfacing slope in an area of undulating chalk downland. The barrow mound is ovoid in plan and orientated SE-NW. It survives to a length of 36m, is 25m wide and 2m high. It is flanked by ditches, from which mound material was quarried, to the east and west. These survive to a depth of 0.4m and are 7.5m wide on the west side, 5m wide on the east. The bank and ditch constructed to mark the post-1865 county boundary have partly obscured the outer edge of the NE ditch.
Date Range: 1991 - 1991

Type: Created
Classification: Long Barrow
Form: Unknown
Description: 1) A long barrow, ovoid in plan and orientated SE-NW. Survives to a length of 36m, is 25m wide and 2m high. It is flanked by ditches, from which mound material was quarried, to the east and west. These survive to a depth of 0.4m and are 7.5m wide on the west side, 5m wide on the east. The bank and ditch constructed to mark the post-1865 county boundary have partly obscured the outer edge of the NE ditch. (1991).
Date Range: -3400 - -2400
Type: Created
Classification: Long Barrow
Form: Unknown
Description: 1) A long barrow, ovoid in plan and orientated SE-NW. Survives to a length of 36m, is 25m wide and 2m high. It is flanked by ditches, from which mound material was quarried, to the east and west. These survive to a depth of 0.4m and are 7.5m wide on the west side, 5m wide on the east. The bank and ditch constructed to mark the post-1865 county boundary have partly obscured the outer edge of the NE ditch. (1991).
Date Range: -3400 - -2400