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Site name Upton Lovell 2d

Site number 587

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4159 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow containing a central pit with a large Middle Bronze Age urn filled with cremated human bone and containing a pair of bone tweezers. 1.8m away was a small rimmed vessel (Late Bronze Age urnlet?) filled with red earth and vegetable mould. At the same distance but in different directions were 2 other small urns, one with ashes. The barrow floor was covered with a thin clay layer.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 958

Y coordinate 425

Bibliographic source Hoare 1812

Query

Site name	Upton Lovell 2d
Site number	587
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4159 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow containing a central pit with a large Middle Bronze Age urn filled with cremated human bone and containing a pair of bone tweezers. 1.8m away was a small rimmed vessel (Late Bronze Age urnlet?) filled with red earth and vegetable mould. At the same distance but in different directions were 2 other small urns, one with ashes. The barrow floor was covered with a thin clay layer.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	958
Y coordinate	425
Bibliographic source	Hoare 1812