{{short description|Archaeological site in Wiltshire}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} [[File:Barrow Clump - geograph.org.uk - 453593.jpg|thumb|Barrow Clump from the southwest]] {{coord|51.221|-1.764|type:landmark_region:GB-WIL|display=title}} '''Barrow Clump''' is an [[archaeological site]] in [[Figheldean]] parish, Wiltshire, England, about {{convert|3+1/2|mi|km}} north of the town of [[Amesbury]]. The site is a [[scheduled monument]].
== Description == Barrow Clump lies on the northwestern slope of rising ground about 700 metres east of the village of [[Ablington, Wiltshire|Ablington]], in [[Figheldean]] parish.<ref>{{cite web|title=1:25,000 map of Ablington, Wiltshire|publisher=streetmap.co.uk|url=http://streetmap.co.uk/grid/416562_146912_115|accessdate=13 September 2016}}</ref>
The surviving part of the monument is a [[bowl barrow]] about 30 metres in diameter. Other barrows in the same group have been lost to ploughing.<ref name="listing" /> The barrow was constructed in the early [[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]] on the site of a [[Neolithic Europe|Neolithic]] settlement, and much later, around the 6th century, it was re-used as an [[Saxon England|Anglo-Saxon]] cemetery.<ref name="wessex">{{cite web|title=Barrow Clump|url=http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/barrow-clump|website=Wessex Archaeology|accessdate=14 September 2016}}</ref>
The site was designated as a scheduled monument in 1990.<ref name="listing">{{National Heritage List for England|num=1009697|desc=Barrow Clump|access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref>
== Investigation == Partial [[Excavation (archaeology)|excavations]] were carried out in the 19th century,<ref name="listing" /> in the early 20th century by Lt Col [[William Hawley]], and in 2003–2004 by [[English Heritage]].<ref name="wessex" />
Permission was granted for full excavation in 2012–2014 in order to record the site, which was being extensively damaged by [[badger]]s. The project was organised by the [[Defence Infrastructure Organisation]], English Heritage and [[Wessex Archaeology]], and was carried out by soldiers from [[The Rifles]] infantry regiment and participants in [[Operation Nightingale (archaeology)|Operation Nightingale]].<ref name="Nightingale">{{cite web |title=Operation Nightingale |url=https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/our-work/operation-nightingale |publisher=Wessex Archaeology |language=en}}</ref> Many Bronze Age items were found, with a smaller quantity from the Neolithic period. Many Saxon graves were uncovered, together with items including a bucket-shaped drinking vessel, made from pieces of yew wood bound together with bronze.<ref name="wessex" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Soldiers uncover 27 ancient bodies on Salisbury Plain|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-19147035|website=BBC News: Wiltshire|date=6 August 2012|accessdate=14 September 2016}}</ref> Finds are held by the [[Wiltshire Museum]] at Devizes.<ref>{{cite web|title=EXHIBITION: Operation Nightingale – Time Warriors|url=http://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/events/index.php?Action=2&thID=821|website=Wiltshire Museum|date=16 March 2013|accessdate=14 September 2016}}</ref>
== In media == Barrow Clump was investigated by the ''[[Time Team]]'' television series, in episode 5 "Warriors" of [[Time Team (series 20)|series 20]], first aired by [[Channel 4]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Time Team: Series 20|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team/episode-guide/series-20/episode-5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201080153/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team/episode-guide/series-20/episode-5 |archive-date=1 February 2013 |url-status=dead |publisher=Channel Four}}</ref>
In 2014 the site was visited by the [[BBC Four]] television series ''[[Digging for Britain]]'', in episode 2 "West" of series 3, aired in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b052775b|title=BBC Two - Digging for Britain, Series 3, West|website=BBC}}</ref>
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[[Category:Archaeological sites in Wiltshire]] [[Category:Bronze Age sites in Wiltshire]] [[Category:Scheduled monuments in Wiltshire]] [[Category:Barrows in England]]