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Site name Swell IV, Poles Wood (S), Glo 2

Site number 27

Burial codes 5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5091 5092 5098 5103 5104 5105 5106 5108 5111 5125 5127 5128 5143 5152 5155 5159 5181

3500bc - 2500bc Long barrow made of oolitic rubble and slabs and oriented E with transverse dry stone walls in the body of the mound. It is surrounded by a carefully arranged facing of thin oolitic slabs. The burial chamber of c2.1m x 1.2m x 1.1m high near the north side of the west end contained 9 skeletons, goat, ox, pig and sheep bones and 2 sherds of pottery. These remains were all that survived from an unknown larger number discovered in previous years. Three skeletons were in the passage (which was flagged although the chamber was not flagged), one skeleton in almost perfect state of a male c30. The other two were of a child c2-3 and a female c18-24, the latter in association with goat, sheep and pig bones. Neolithic B pottery of Peterborough ware was found over the north horn.

2500bc-14/1300bc Just over the facing of the north horn, there was a Neolithic B (Peterborough ware) round-based bowl.

Remains/Period Y5 N4

County Gloucestershire

Region SW

National grid square SP

X coordinate 167

Y coordinate 264

Bibliographic source Greenwell 1877, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960

Query

Site name	Swell IV, Poles Wood (S), Glo 2
Site number	27
Burial codes	5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5091 5092 5098 5103 5104 5105 5106 5108 5111 5125 5127 5128 5143 5152 5155 5159 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	Long barrow made of oolitic rubble and slabs and oriented E with transverse dry stone walls in the body of the mound. It is surrounded by a carefully arranged facing of thin oolitic slabs. The burial chamber of c2.1m x 1.2m x 1.1m high near the north side of the west end contained 9 skeletons, goat, ox, pig and sheep bones and 2 sherds of pottery. These remains were all that survived from an unknown larger number discovered in previous years. Three skeletons were in the passage (which was flagged although the chamber was not flagged), one skeleton in almost perfect state of a male c30. The other two were of a child c2-3 and a female c18-24, the latter in association with goat, sheep and pig bones. Neolithic B pottery of Peterborough ware was found over the north horn.
2500bc-14/1300bc	Just over the facing of the north horn, there was a Neolithic B (Peterborough ware) round-based bowl.
Remains/Period	Y5 N4
County	Gloucestershire
Region	SW
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	167
Y coordinate	264
Bibliographic source	Greenwell 1877, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960