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Site name Frocester II, The Soldier's Grave

Site number 29

Burial codes 5002 5005 5022 5024 5025 5028 5030 5031 5036 5043 5048 5052 5065 5075 5092 5098 5103 5110 5125 5127 5143 5152 5155 5181 4001 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4031 4036 4042 4046 4051 4065 4075 4098 4101 4111 4112 4125 4143 4152 4181

3500bc - 2500bc A round cairn enclosing a boat-shaped rock cut tomb lined with blocks of stone, covered with stone slabs, containing an enormous mass of human and animal bones and soil in great disorder at the north end. There were the remains of 28-44 individuals of all ages and sexes, some bones being burnt, and Neolithic and Beaker pottery.

2500bc-14/1300bc Overlap site with 3500-2500. Early Bronze Age pottery was found on a ledge in the tomb. Pottery and bones of an ox, and of one adult male were incorporated in the mound itself.

Remains/Period Y5 Y4

County Gloucestershire

Region SW

National grid square SO

X coordinate 794

Y coordinate 15

Bibliographic source Clifford 1938b, Piggott 1954a, Kinnes 1979, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960, Darvill and Grinsell 1989

Query

Site name	Frocester II, The Soldier's Grave
Site number	29
Burial codes	5002 5005 5022 5024 5025 5028 5030 5031 5036 5043 5048 5052 5065 5075 5092 5098 5103 5110 5125 5127 5143 5152 5155 5181 4001 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4031 4036 4042 4046 4051 4065 4075 4098 4101 4111 4112 4125 4143 4152 4181
3500bc - 2500bc	A round cairn enclosing a boat-shaped rock cut tomb lined with blocks of stone, covered with stone slabs, containing an enormous mass of human and animal bones and soil in great disorder at the north end. There were the remains of 28-44 individuals of all ages and sexes, some bones being burnt, and Neolithic and Beaker pottery.
2500bc-14/1300bc	Overlap site with 3500-2500. Early Bronze Age pottery was found on a ledge in the tomb. Pottery and bones of an ox, and of one adult male were incorporated in the mound itself.
Remains/Period	Y5 Y4
County	Gloucestershire
Region	SW
National grid square	SO
X coordinate	794
Y coordinate	15
Bibliographic source	Clifford 1938b, Piggott 1954a, Kinnes 1979, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960, Darvill and Grinsell 1989