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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Middle Woodford, Heale Hill

Site number 477

Burial codes 4001 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4071 4084 4091 4098 4104 4105 4112 4128 4143 4152 4153 4161 4181 3002 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3083 3084 3093 3098 3111 3128 3152 3153 3161 3181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with ditch, the mound built of humus, clay, and large flints. The primary central interment was of a contracted skeleton of an adult c20, lying on its right side, facing west, in a shallow oval grave cut into the chalk, without grave goods. There were two secondary interments, one a Middle Bronze Age (?Late Bronze Age) transitional urn, and the second which replaced the first, a Deverel-Rimbury barrel urn. Both had disturbed the primary (?Early Bronze Age ) interment considerably.

14/1300bc-8/700bc The Deverel-Rimbury barrel urn had disturbed the primary (?Early Bronze Age) interment considerably. Three further urns were found to the south east of the barrow, outside the ditch. These were standing upright in holes cut just into the chalk, and were barrel urns of the Late Bronze Age. They contained cremation material but the individuals' sex and age could not be identified and there were no grave goods.

Remains/Period Y4 Y3

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 103

Y coordinate 367

Bibliographic source Musty and Stone 1956

Query

Site name	Middle Woodford, Heale Hill
Site number	477
Burial codes	4001 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4071 4084 4091 4098 4104 4105 4112 4128 4143 4152 4153 4161 4181 3002 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3083 3084 3093 3098 3111 3128 3152 3153 3161 3181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with ditch, the mound built of humus, clay, and large flints. The primary central interment was of a contracted skeleton of an adult c20, lying on its right side, facing west, in a shallow oval grave cut into the chalk, without grave goods. There were two secondary interments, one a Middle Bronze Age (?Late Bronze Age) transitional urn, and the second which replaced the first, a Deverel-Rimbury barrel urn. Both had disturbed the primary (?Early Bronze Age ) interment considerably.
14/1300bc-8/700bc	The Deverel-Rimbury barrel urn had disturbed the primary (?Early Bronze Age) interment considerably. Three further urns were found to the south east of the barrow, outside the ditch. These were standing upright in holes cut just into the chalk, and were barrel urns of the Late Bronze Age. They contained cremation material but the individuals' sex and age could not be identified and there were no grave goods.
Remains/Period	Y4 Y3
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	103
Y coordinate	367
Bibliographic source	Musty and Stone 1956