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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Site BS/M57 Southern Feeder

Site number 1537

Burial codes 2001 2005 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2091 2098 2102 2105 2128 2143 2153 2181

8/700bc-100bc Feature 1 was pit 1.2m wide x 1.24m deep. It contained part of a human skeleton with large fragments of Iron Age pottery. There was brown-stained gritty chalk below the body, and dark brown chalky soil above. The skeleton was of a possible female c20.

Remains/Period Y2

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 145

Y coordinate 244

Bibliographic source Catherall, Barnett and MacClean 1984

Query

Site name	Site BS/M57 Southern Feeder
Site number	1537
Burial codes	2001 2005 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2091 2098 2102 2105 2128 2143 2153 2181
8/700bc-100bc	Feature 1 was pit 1.2m wide x 1.24m deep. It contained part of a human skeleton with large fragments of Iron Age pottery. There was brown-stained gritty chalk below the body, and dark brown chalky soil above. The skeleton was of a possible female c20.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	145
Y coordinate	244
Bibliographic source	Catherall, Barnett and MacClean 1984