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Site name Shrewton 5i, Net Down
Site number 485
Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4046 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4102 4111 4112 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow covering a pit just off centre dug through the old turf line, 0.9m wide x 0.9m deep, and bottle shaped in section. An adult female cremation and the ashes were poured into the pit, turf filling the remaining space and chalk upcast being returned to make a chalk cairn cap. A second pit to the south west was filled with mixed earth, chalk and turf. There were discarded antler picks in the ditch fill.
Remains/Period Y4
County Wiltshire
Region S
National grid square SU
X coordinate 89
Y coordinate 448
Bibliographic source Green and Rollo-Smith 1984


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