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Site name Glynde Hill Barrow
Site number 1160
Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4085 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc A platform barrow with ditch and mound of broken flints, loose chalk and mould. The mound also contained a surprising number of small brown water-worn pebbles of irregular size from a gravel bed or beach. There was a considerable quantity of broken pottery especially over the centre of the barrow. There appeared to be an area on the floor of the barrow where a fire had been lit; above this area were unburnt animal teeth and bones. At the barrow centre was a small circular pit c0.45m deep in the chalk and 0.3m wide. It contained much vegetable charcoal and a single fragment of burnt bone. The charcoal was of beech and a chestnut like tree. The pit sides appeared to have been subject to burning.
Remains/Period Y4
County Sussex
Region SE
National grid square TQ
X coordinate 444
Y coordinate 89
Bibliographic source Currey, Curwen and Curwen 1923


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