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Site name Marshfield 5, Barrow III

Site number 343

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4101 4107 4112 4122 4129 4143 4152 4160 4162 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc Round barrow with oolitic dry stone wall kerb. In the centre of the barrow was a layer of charcoal and burnt earth 10cm above the subsoil c1.2m in diameter. At the south edge of the burnt layer was a mass of calcined fragments of bone of a male c35-40, almost free of charcoal grains. On the mass was a small perforated amber bead. In the hollow of the bone mass was a bronze awl, and two small pulley-buttons, one burnt. An oval amber bead and a spherical burnt shale bead was also found amongst the bones. The bones had possibly been collected in a bag after the pyre had cooled.

The junctions of the kerbs of Barrows III and IV (Site 344) showed that III was marginally earlier.

Remains/Period Y4

County Gloucestershire

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 795

Y coordinate 745

Bibliographic source Gettins, Taylor and Grinsell 1953

Query

Site name	Marshfield 5, Barrow III
Site number	343
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4101 4107 4112 4122 4129 4143 4152 4160 4162 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	Round barrow with oolitic dry stone wall kerb. In the centre of the barrow was a layer of charcoal and burnt earth 10cm above the subsoil c1.2m in diameter. At the south edge of the burnt layer was a mass of calcined fragments of bone of a male c35-40, almost free of charcoal grains. On the mass was a small perforated amber bead. In the hollow of the bone mass was a bronze awl, and two small pulley-buttons, one burnt. An oval amber bead and a spherical burnt shale bead was also found amongst the bones. The bones had possibly been collected in a bag after the pyre had cooled. The junctions of the kerbs of Barrows III and IV (Site 344) showed that III was marginally earlier.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Gloucestershire
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	795
Y coordinate	745
Bibliographic source	Gettins, Taylor and Grinsell 1953