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Site name Aldbourne 4, Sugar Hill Down

Site number 524

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4043 4047 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4124 4126 4128 4143 4152 4153 4171 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow which at the centre 0.45m above the old ground surface contained the bones of a young pig. Beneath these were four sarsen stones which themselves had been placed on top of an hour glass shaped grave. At the middle (narrow) part of the grave was placed the burnt bones of an adult accompanied by a single plain pot sherd. An inhumation had been discovered in an earlier excavation, at the centre within 1.2m of the barrow top. A fragment of human skull had also been buried 0.6m below the surface 6m south of the barrow centre.

In the mound material were several bones of ox, goat or sheep, and pig, and many flint chippings.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 250

Y coordinate 773

Bibliographic source Greenwell 1880, Goddard 1913

Query

Site name	Aldbourne 4, Sugar Hill Down
Site number	524
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4043 4047 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4124 4126 4128 4143 4152 4153 4171 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow which at the centre 0.45m above the old ground surface contained the bones of a young pig. Beneath these were four sarsen stones which themselves had been placed on top of an hour glass shaped grave. At the middle (narrow) part of the grave was placed the burnt bones of an adult accompanied by a single plain pot sherd. An inhumation had been discovered in an earlier excavation, at the centre within 1.2m of the barrow top. A fragment of human skull had also been buried 0.6m below the surface 6m south of the barrow centre. In the mound material were several bones of ox, goat or sheep, and pig, and many flint chippings.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	250
Y coordinate	773
Bibliographic source	Greenwell 1880, Goddard 1913