| Site name / number: | Amesbury 42 |
| Abbreviation: | AM42 |
| Name: | - |
| Parish / Grinsell number: | Amesbury 42 |
| Subform: | Long barrow |
| Hoare number: | - |
| Wiltshire HER Number: | SU 14 SW 102 |
| National Monument Record number: | SU 14 SW 3 |
| Scheduled Monument number: | 10324 |
| Within the WHS?: | Y |
| Length (m): | 62 |
| Width (m): | 20 |
| Height (m): | 0.29 |
| Ditch width (m): | 11 |
| Orientation: | N-S |
| Excavated?: | Y |
| Focus of mound features: | S |
| Visible from Stonehenge?: | Y |
| Associated with round barrows?: | N |
| Ditch form: | 1st phase causewayed, 2nd phase continuous. |
| Postholes in ditches: | - |
| Internal pits: | - |
| Internal postholes: | 2 stakeholes. |
| Internal cairn or stones: | - |
| OS Grid Reference: | SU 1374 4318 |
| British National Grid X coordinate: | 413740 |
| British National Grid Y coordinate: | 143180 |
| Latitude: | 51.187683 |
| Longitude: | -1.804781 |
| References: | Thurnham, J (1868) 'On Ancient British Barrows, especially those of Wiltshire and the adjoining Counties (Part I. — Long Barrows)' Archaeologia 42 (1), 161-244; Grinsell, L V (1957) 'Archaeological Gazetteer', in R B Pugh and E Crittall (eds) A History of Wiltshire. Volume 1, Part 1, 21–279. London, Oxford University Press; Richards, J. 1990. The Stonehenge Environs Project. English Heritage Archaeological Report 16 / Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission; Bishop, S (2011) The Stonehenge World Heritage Site Landscape Project; King Barrow Ridge; Archaeological Survey Report; English Heritage Research Reports Series 83-2011. Portsmouth, English Heritage; Bowden M, Soutar S, Field D and Barber M. 2015. The Stonehenge Landscape; Analysing the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. Historic England, Swindon. |
| Plan reference: | Bishop (2011), Figure 5. |
| Radiocarbon date: | 3640-3370 cal BC *2 sigma); OxA-20594 (Bayliss and Whittle 2007) |
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