Labelled sheet showing a cut-away isometric view of the burial chambers of West Kennet Long Barrow, as seen from the south-east

Date:: 1956

Location:: West Kennet Long Barrow, Avebury, Wiltshire

Reference:: MP/WKN0028

Type:: Measured Drawing

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Description

The southern burial chamber have been 'cut' horizontally at three feet above the inner ground level, and the passage capstones have been removed, to allow a view into the chambers. The drawing is signed 'S.P. 1958'. This refers to the archaeologist Stuart Piggott, who, along with Professor RJC Atkinson, excavated the site in 1955-56. Drawing produced for publication, the sheet is marked 'fig.19'.

Content

This is part of the Volume: PF/WKN West Kennet Long Barrow, Wiltshire; within the Series: EHC01/022 English Heritage Plans And Measured Drawings; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

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People & Organisations

Illustrator: Piggott, Stuart Ernest

Keywords

Neolithic Chambered Long Barrow