Cattle on the side of Woodborough Hill, with Adam's Grave and Walkers Hill on the skyline
The barrow is considered to be of the Severn-Cotswold tomb type.[2] These generally consist of long, precisely built trapezoidal earth mounds covering burial chambers, thus they are a type of chambered long barrow. The chamber, made of sarsen stones, contained partial human skeletons. An arrowhead was also recovered.[1] There is a breast-shaped hill on the spot, with the remains of the barrow being 70 metres (230 ft) long and around 7 metres (23 ft) high with ditches on either side.[3] It was partially excavated by John Thurnam in 1860.[1] The area around Adam's Grave has a high density of long barrows and is important because of its archaeological potential.[1]
The arrangement of stones around the site suggests there was once a kerb or forecourt.[4] They are known as 'Old Adam' and 'Little Eve' and are near the original entrance to the barrow. According to folklore the barrow is the grave of a giant, and his ghost has been reported.[5][6] Associations with the nearby monument at Avebury have also been suggested.[7]
adam, grave, neolithic, long, barrow, near, alton, barnes, wiltshire, southwest, england, remains, have, been, scheduled, ancient, monument, cattle, side, woodborough, hill, with, walkers, hill, skylinethe, barrow, considered, severn, cotswold, tomb, type, the. Adam s Grave was a Neolithic long barrow near Alton Barnes in Wiltshire southwest England Its remains have been scheduled as an ancient monument 1 Cattle on the side of Woodborough Hill with Adam s Grave and Walkers Hill on the skylineThe barrow is considered to be of the Severn Cotswold tomb type 2 These generally consist of long precisely built trapezoidal earth mounds covering burial chambers thus they are a type of chambered long barrow The chamber made of sarsen stones contained partial human skeletons An arrowhead was also recovered 1 There is a breast shaped hill on the spot with the remains of the barrow being 70 metres 230 ft long and around 7 metres 23 ft high with ditches on either side 3 It was partially excavated by John Thurnam in 1860 1 The area around Adam s Grave has a high density of long barrows and is important because of its archaeological potential 1 The arrangement of stones around the site suggests there was once a kerb or forecourt 4 They are known as Old Adam and Little Eve and are near the original entrance to the barrow According to folklore the barrow is the grave of a giant and his ghost has been reported 5 6 Associations with the nearby monument at Avebury have also been suggested 7 In the Anglo Saxon period the site was known as Woden s Barrow Old English Wōdnesbeorg and the Anglo Saxon Chronicle records two battles in 592 and 715 thought to have taken place at the site 8 9 10 References edit a b c d Historic England Adam s Grave a long barrow on Walker s Hill 1013032 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 3 September 2016 Clarke Bob 2013 Prehistoric Wiltshire An Illustrated Guide Amberley ISBN 9781445623900 Adam s Grave Ancient Wisdom Retrieved 3 September 2016 Adam s Grave Stone Circles Retrieved 3 September 2016 Adam s Grave Haunted Wiltshire Retrieved 3 September 2016 Wills Keith 2014 Haunted Wiltshire The History Press ISBN 9780750955188 Range Katherine A Prehistoric A Z Adam s Grave The Heritage Journal Retrieved 3 September 2016 Adam s Grave AD592 amp AD715 The Ravens Warband Retrieved 3 September 2016 Jebson Tony Manuscript E Bodleian MS Laud 636 The Anglo Saxon Chronicle Retrieved 3 September 2016 Historic England Battle of Woden s Barrow AD 592 221229 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 3 September 2016 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adam s Grave 51 22 10 N 1 50 24 W 51 36944 N 1 84000 W 51 36944 1 84000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adam 27s Grave amp oldid 1178783308, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
