‘One remarkable earthen-work’: The Neolithic Origins of the Marlborough Mound.

TY - CHAP

T1 - ‘One remarkable earthen-work’: The Neolithic Origins of the Marlborough Mound.

AU - Leary, Jim

AU - Pollard, Joshua

PY - 2022/8/1

Y1 - 2022/8/1

N2 - Radiocarbon dates obtained from cores taken through the Marlborough castle mound show the main body of it to be a contemporaneous monument to Silbury Hill, dating to the second half of the third millennium cal BC. In light of these dates, this chapter considers the importance of the prehistoric date for the Marlborough Mound. The topographic location of the mound in a low-lying area and close to rivers and springs is discussed, and the potential for Late Neolithic sites nearby is set out. The paper ends with a wider discussion of prehistoric mounds.

AB - Radiocarbon dates obtained from cores taken through the Marlborough castle mound show the main body of it to be a contemporaneous monument to Silbury Hill, dating to the second half of the third millennium cal BC. In light of these dates, this chapter considers the importance of the prehistoric date for the Marlborough Mound. The topographic location of the mound in a low-lying area and close to rivers and springs is discussed, and the potential for Late Neolithic sites nearby is set out. The paper ends with a wider discussion of prehistoric mounds.

M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)

SN - 978 1 78327 186 3

SP - 1

EP - 24

BT - The Marlborough Mound.

A2 - Barber, Richard

PB - Boydell & Brewer

CY - Woodbridge

ER -