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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 The Angle Ditch, Handley Down

Site number 1697

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4073 4082 4091 4098 4101 4111 4129 4143 4153 4181 3001 3004 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3042 3045 3051 3065 3075 3091 3098 3104 3111 3122 3143 3151 3181

2500bc-14/1300bc About 60m south east of the Angle Ditch and 60m south west of Wor Barrow and in Area L was a circular grave containing a crouched male inhumation accompanied by a Beaker on its side at the feet, oriented S, and lying on the right side.

14/1300bc-8/700bc A portion of human skeleton and skull, two bone chisels, a bone awl and a polished flint hammer stone were found about halfway down the silting of the ditch at levels corresponding to those where Late Bronze Age pottery was found.

Remains/Period Y4 Y3

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 12

Y coordinate 172

Bibliographic source Pitt-Rivers 1898

Query

Site name	The Angle Ditch, Handley Down
Site number	1697
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4073 4082 4091 4098 4101 4111 4129 4143 4153 4181 3001 3004 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3042 3045 3051 3065 3075 3091 3098 3104 3111 3122 3143 3151 3181
2500bc-14/1300bc	About 60m south east of the Angle Ditch and 60m south west of Wor Barrow and in Area L was a circular grave containing a crouched male inhumation accompanied by a Beaker on its side at the feet, oriented S, and lying on the right side.
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A portion of human skeleton and skull, two bone chisels, a bone awl and a polished flint hammer stone were found about halfway down the silting of the ditch at levels corresponding to those where Late Bronze Age pottery was found.
Remains/Period	Y4 Y3
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	12
Y coordinate	172
Bibliographic source	Pitt-Rivers 1898