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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bush Barrow - Round Barrow(s) in England in Wiltshire

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StonehengeSite Name: Bush Barrow
Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Amesbury
Map Ref: SU11644126  Landranger Map Number: 184
Latitude: 51.170465N  Longitude: 1.83489W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
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1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Bush Barrow
Bush Barrow submitted by h_fenton : Bush Barrow lies within the Normanton Down Barrow Cemetery, In this photograph there is a disc barrow in the foreground, beyond it and with a tree growing on the side is Bush Barrow. Further away you can see some of the other barrows in the cemetery. Kite Aerial Photograph 2 June 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow in Wiltshire. In the 1720s William Stukeley called it “the bush barrow” after trees planted on the top, though the “county people” knew it as “the green barrow”. Bush Barrow lies within the Normanton Down Barrow Cemetery, The top photo shows a disc barrow in the foreground, beyond it and with a tree growing on the side is Bush Barrow. Further away you can see some of the other barrows in the cemetery.

(Kite aerial photo by Hamish Fenton)

This very large bowl barrow, just south of Stonehenge, measures over 40m in diameter and stands today 3m high. It was excavated in 1808 by William Cunnington and Sir Richard Colt Hoare. The primary burial was of a tall, stout, adult man, buried lying on his back. The grave goods placed with him show that this was a princely burial from about 1900 -1700 B.C. It is Britain's richest and most important Bronze Age burial

In the foreground is a round barrow. Together they form part of the Normanton Down Barrows. There is a feature at British Archaeology with much detail about the excavation of Bush Barrow and the site as a whole.

Note: John Harris from The Guardian visits Bush Barrow, Blick Mead and other sites threatened by the proposed Stonehenge Road Tunnel. See also the ongoing discussions in our forum
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Bush Barrow
Bush Barrow submitted by Bladup : Bush Barrow at the winter solstice. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bush Barrow
Bush Barrow submitted by Creative Commons : "In the 1720s William Stukeley had called it “the bush barrow” after trees planted on the top (though the “county people” knew it as “the green barrow”)" "This very large bowl barrow in the Normanton Down barrow group, just south of Stonehenge, measures over 40m in diameter and stands today 3m high. It was excavated in 1808 by William Cunnington and Sir Richard Colt Hoare. The pri... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Idlebush Barrow
Idlebush Barrow submitted by JimChampion : June 2020. Panorama of the 'Hounds Low' disc barrow which is a short distance to the south of 'Hawks Low' (or Idlebush Barrow). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Idlebush Barrow
Idlebush Barrow submitted by JimChampion : June 2020. Looking south across Hound's Low, the disc barrow at grid reference SU3033884705, about 170 metres SSE of Idlebush Barrow (also known as Hawk's Low). The black and white stripy sticks mark the route of the right of way across the field. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Idlebush Barrow
Idlebush Barrow submitted by JimChampion : June 2020. Looking north-ish across Idlebush Barrow. On the horizon, towards the left, are the ramparts of Uffington Castle. The black and white stripy posts show the route of the right of way through this area, which is currently a racehorse gallops.

Idlebush Barrow
Idlebush Barrow submitted by JimChampion : June 2020. Looking south-ish over Idlebush Barrow. Also known as Wade's Barrow or Hawk's Low. There is another barrow a little further down the ridge on the same side of the right of way. That one is called Hound's Low (thus pairing it with this barrow).

Idlebush Barrow
Idlebush Barrow submitted by JimChampion : June 2020. Approaching the Idlebush Barrow along the bridleway from the north. The barrow can be seen in profile on the horizon, to the right of the bridleway. Also known as Wade's Barrow or Hawk's Low. The field containing these barrows is a racehorse gallops area, the black/white striped sticks are markers for the public right of way.

Beggar's Bush Barrow
Beggar's Bush Barrow submitted by geoffstickland : Nothing now visible at the map reference given

Bush Barrow
Bush Barrow submitted by Jansold : Bush Barrow is close to the portal for the proposed tunnel to take the A303 under the Stonehenge World Heritage site. www.highways.gov.uk/a303stonehenge/consultation

Bush Barrow
Bush Barrow submitted by Bladup : The bush on Bush barrow in the snow.

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 170m ESE 111° Normanton Down* Barrow Cemetery (SU118412)
 295m SW 230° Normanton Down Long Barrow* Long Barrow (SU1141341071)
 503m N 349° North of Normanton Gorse Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SU1154441754)
 803m WNW 286° Pond Barrow and Wilsford Shaft Round Barrow(s) (SU1086441475)
 1.1km NNE 33° Stonehenge.* Stone Circle (SU1224742194)
 1.2km NNE 34° Heel Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SU1229142244)
 1.2km NNE 18° Stonehenge Car Park Postholes* Timber Circle (SU120424)
 1.2km NE 41° Stonehenge Bowl Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU12424217)
 1.3km SW 215° Lake Barrow Cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (SU109402)
 1.5km S 174° Wilsford Barrow Cemetery Barrow Cemetery (SU118398)
 1.5km WNW 287° Winterbourne Stoke* Barrow Cemetery (SU10174171)
 1.5km N 9° Great Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge* Round Barrow(s) (SU11894278)
 1.6km NNW 342° Fargo Disk Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU11154275)
 1.6km W 279° Long Barrow Cross* Ancient Cross (SU1005441499)
 1.7km ENE 63° Amesbury 39 Bowl Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU13154204)
 1.7km NE 38° The Avenue* Ancient Trackway (SU12694262)
 1.7km NNW 341° Great Cursus W Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU11064291)
 1.8km NNE 14° Great Cursus, Stonehenge* Cursus (SU12064296)
 1.8km E 79° Coneybury Henge* Henge (SU134416)
 1.8km NNW 336° Amesbury Cursus (W)* Cursus (SU109429)
 1.9km E 87° King Barrow (Amesbury)* Barrow Cemetery (SU13554137)
 1.9km NW 305° North of Winterbourne Stoke Crossroads* Barrow Cemetery (SU1004742378)
 2.0km S 178° Lake Down Barrow Cemetery Barrow Cemetery (SU117393)
 2.0km ENE 62° New King Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SU13454222)
 2.2km NW 315° Stonehenge Visitor Centre* Museum (SU101428)
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Re: Bush Barrow Dagger gives up its secrets by AngieLake on Sunday, 23 June 2019
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Read all the latest news on this exquisite dagger here:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7170983/After-4-000-years-scientists-set-unlock-secrets-Bronze-Age-dagger-covered-gold-shards.html
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The Stonehenge tunnel: ‘A monstrous act of desecration is brewing’ by Andy B on Sunday, 30 April 2017
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John Harris from The Guardian visits Bush Barrow, Blick Mead and other sites threatened by the proposed Stonehenge Road Tunnel.

Planners claim that a dual carriageway under the prehistoric monument will ease congestion. But campaigners warn that it will have a disastrous impact on one of the world’s most fascinating landmarks

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/25/stonehenge-tunnel-desecration-prehistoric-traffic-jams

See also the ongoing discussions in our forum

Is a Proposed Tunnel Under Stonehenge a Threat to Humanity’s History?
The government says the underground road will help the region but experts believe its construction will destroy important ancient landmarks

http://observer.com/2017/04/stonehenge-tunnel-threatens-ancient-monument-future-archaeological-discoveries/
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Lake Barrows, The Diamond and Normanton Gorse by Andy B on Tuesday, 22 November 2016
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0.7km away at SU 110 410: Stonehenge World Heritage Site Landscape Project: Lake Barrows, The Diamond and Normanton Gorse by Mark Bowden, David Field and Sharon Soutar

Rapid survey of three areas on Boreland Farm was undertaken as part of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site Landscape Project. Barrows, field systems and linear ditches were investigated, as well as elements of the more recent landscape. The opportunity has been taken to report a previous survey of the nearby long barrow Wilsford 34. The most significant issues raised are: the previously accepted relationships between the Lake Barrows and adjacent linear ditches; and the existence of the ‘North Kite’ enclosure. A more conventional relative chronology between the barrows and the linear ditches is suggested here but more detailed survey is recommended to resolve this issue satisfactorily; in the light of results from aerial survey it is suggested that the ‘North Kite’ is a fortuitous survival of linear ditches which were otherwise ploughed out before the first maps and antiquarian records were made.

http://services.english-heritage.org.uk/ResearchReportsPdfs/029_2012WEB.pdf
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Re: Bush Barrow by h_fenton on Wednesday, 12 June 2013
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Grid Reference: SU 1164 4126
Accuracy: 5
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Re: Bush Barrow Macehead by AngieLake on Tuesday, 08 November 2011
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While posting up site info on Clandon Barrow from 1963 edition of 'Wessex', by J.F.S. Stone [Thames and Hudson], found in Oxfam recently, I came across this info (in the chapter 'Heroes and Traders') about Bush Barrow :

"... noted the native burial from Upton Lovel with its bone-fringed garment, stone tools and battle-axes, and other objects that formally belong to the Wessex Culture. To a similar native origin we must also ascribe the ceremonial sceptres or maces of authority. The Bush Barrow mace, of attractive fossiliferous limestone, probably from the Teignmouth district, with its zigzag bone inlays is a famous example, and with it should be included the even more ornate gold-studded shale specimen from the Clandon Barrow near Dorchester found with an amber cup, a lozenge-shaped gold plate and a bronze dagger..."
(Spellings copied faithfully, btw.)

I was amazed to hear that the stone for the Bush Barrow macehead came from just down the road from where I'm sitting!
Teignmouth is about 4 miles from Newton Abbot.
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Street View by coldrum on Friday, 26 March 2010
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Insignia of Dignity: The Bush Barrow Burial, 29 Apr 2010, Salisbury Museum by Andy B on Thursday, 25 February 2010
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Insignia of Dignity: The Bush Barrow Burial
29 Apr 2010 18:30
Lecture Hall - Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum

A talk by David Dawson.

David Dawson, Director of the Wiltshire Heritage Museum at Devizes and a Trustee of Salisbury Museum, will talk about the Bush Barrow Burial.

Bush Barrow is Britain’s richest Bronze Age Burial and was excavated close to Stonehenge over 200 years ago. Described by the Daily Mail as ‘Britain’s first Crown Jewels’, recent research has uncovered new evidence of the significance of the find.

Booking:
Please contact the Museum to book.
Cost: £5.00 (members); £6.50 (non-members)

http://www.salisburymuseum.org.uk/what-s-on/lectures/111-insignia-of-dignity-the-bush-barrow-burial.html
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Britain's 'most important archeological' discovery found in desk drawer by Andy B on Friday, 24 October 2008
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The artifacts were part of a dagger buried with a warrior chief, near Stonehenge, nearly 4,000 years ago.

Archeologists said they were known as 'the work of the gods'.

The pinhead-sized studs form an intricate pattern on the handle of a dagger, but archeologists failed to realise their significance when they excavated the burial mound in Wiltshire - known as Bush Barrow- in 1808.

Now they are to be re-united with other priceless artefacts unearthed at the site and put on show at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes after Niall Sharples, a senior lecturer at Cardiff University turned out his predecessors' desk and discovered them in a film canister labelled Bush Barrow.

In the 1960s, the gold was taken away for examination by Professor Richard Atkinson, a Cardiff University archaeologist well known for his work at Stonehenge and nearby Silbury Hill.

Wiltshire Heritage Museum director David Dawson said: "We think he recognized what they were but then he died and they were rescued by his successor Professor John Evans who put them in a drawer in his desk. Professor Evans died in 2005 and the gold studs have now been found by Niall Sharples, who is going to return them to us."

The gold pins, thought to come from Ireland, were fashioned by craftsmen in Brittany, France, and inlaid in an intricate herringbone pattern into the handle of the ceremonial dagger, which had an eight inch bronze blade.

It is the richest and most important Bronze Age grave on the Salisbury Plain and in Britain, according to experts.

Stonehenge, which dates from 3000 BC, was a hugely important religious site and the Bush Barrow warrior was one of hundreds of chieftains buried nearby.

They have been united with the other priceless artefacts unearthed at the site, and can be seen at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum.

David Dawson, the Museum director, said: "It's an unbelievable find".

"The gold studs are remarkable evidence of the skill and craftsmanship of Bronze Age goldsmiths - quite rightly described as 'the work of the gods'"

Source:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3242724/Britains-most-important-archeological-discovery-found-in-desk-drawer.html
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Bush Barrow and the Normanton Down Early Bronze Age cemetery, 26th October 2008 by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 07 October 2008
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Sunday 26th October 2008

LECTURE: Bush Barrow and the Normanton Down Early Bronze Age cemetery: a bicentennial appreciation

A lecture by Stuart Needham, Andrew Lawson and Ann Woodward at Devizes Town Hall. Part of Insignia of Dignity: Gold at Stonehenge, a weekend marking the bicentennial of the discovery of Britain's richest Bronze Age burial.

200 years on from William Cunnington's successful opening of Bush Barrow, the knowledge and understanding of the Bronze Age burial complexes on Normanton Down have been reviewed. The national background to such complexes will first be presented, followed by a summary of the Normanton Down evidence with especial reference to the extraordinary assemblage from Bush Barrow. New highlights come from the intensive study of the grave goods in Wiltshire Heritage Museum, as part of the Leverhulme funded 'Ritual in the Early Bronze Age Grave goods' research project.

All three speakers are experienced archaeologists, researchers and authors. The lecture will be followed by an opportunity to view the exhibition.

Visit http://www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk/events to find out more.
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Re: Bush Barrow by Andy B on Monday, 27 September 2004
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Finds in the Wiltshire Heritage Museum:

http://www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk/galleries/index.php?Action=3&obID=89&prevID=9
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