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Site name Woodchester I, Bown Hill, Glo 20
Site number 19
Burial codes 5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5085 5091 5098 5103 5110 5111 5125 5127 5129 5143 5151 5152 5155 5181 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4032 4042 4048 4051 4065 4075 4085 4091 4098 4103 4110 4111 4125 4129 4143 4151 4152 4155 4181
3500bc - 2500bc Long barrow oriented ENE. Megalithic portal leading to 2.5m x 1.2m burial chamber. Human skeletal material of 6 individuals (2 males, 2 females, 2 children), animal bones (ox, horse, wild boar, dog), an artefact (bone scoop) and Neolithic A and (possibly) B pottery. Probably disturbed in Roman times.
2500bc-14/1300bc Neolithic (?) B sherds in the chamber of the long barrow.
Remains/Period Y5 Y4
County Gloucestershire
Region SW
National grid square SO
X coordinate 823
Y coordinate 8
Bibliographic source Crawford 1925, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960


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