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Site name Minchinhampton II, Gatcombe Lodge
Site number 1421
Burial codes 5005 5009 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5036 5042 5047 5051 5065 5075 5084 5092 5098 5104 5111 5128 5143 5152 5153 5155 5181
3500bc - 2500bc A long barrow oriented NE, with a false horned entrance and the mound enclosed by a dry stone wall revetment. Beneath the entrance were found animal bones, sherds (not identified) and a human skull, and on the north west side a burial chamber was discovered containing a dolichocephalic skeleton in a 'sitting' posture.
Remains/Period Y5
County Gloucestershire
Region SW
National grid square ST
X coordinate 884
Y coordinate 997
Bibliographic source O'Neil and Grinsell 1960


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