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Site name Milton Lilbourne 2, Milton Hill Farm
Site number 445
Burial codes 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4036 4053 4065 4143 4152 4184 4200
2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow with a loam core containing occupation material - charcoal blended soil, worn fragments of bone and pottery as well as loam containing flint and chalk. There were two distinct layers of occupation soil between loams of different shades of brown. A chalk envelope covered the barrow mound. No burials were found but not all of the barrow was explored.

RC: from the charcoal in the loam core HAR-6456 1470 +/- 80, HAR-6472 1640 +/- 190
Remains/Period N4
County Wiltshire
Region S
National grid square SU
X coordinate 200
Y coordinate 579
Bibliographic source Ashbee 1986b


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