Nutbane
The Longbarrow of Nutbane was north of Penton Mewsey, near Andover in Hampshire , England .
The mound was about 60.0 m long and 26.0 m wide. It has been plowed off completely, no traces have been preserved. Discovered in 1955, the Neolithic long hill at Nutbane was excavated by Faith Morgan in 1957. It is a typical long barrow of the Wessex type. The oldest structure, at this place, was an enclosure that contained four pits, probably post holes from a Neolithic house of the dead. Three skeletons (two men and one child) were discovered in the structure. Later a larger house of the dead was built. Then the wooden chamber was filled with earth.
Haddenham's better-preserved chamber was a long, closed wooden box with a floor, side walls and roof, the boards of which were supported by three rows of axial posts and side clay benches. This pattern can also be seen in the early structures at Wayland's Smithy , in Oxfordshire , and can also apply to Nutbane.
literature
- Ann Woodward: British Barrows - A Matter of Life and Death . Tempus Publishing 2000 pp. 28-30
- Faith de Mallet Morgan: The excavation of a long barrow at Nutbane, Hants In: Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 25 1959 pp. 15-51
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Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 38 " N , 1 ° 31 ′ 37.9" W.