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Site name Amesbury 15

Site number 599

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4072 4084 4094 4101 4111 4123 4124 4129 4142 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow with a shallow pit contained the inhumation of a male, head to NE, upon a plank of elm wood. On the left side of the head was a bronze grooved dagger in a wooden case and a small bronze dagger, at the feet a crushed richly ornamented drinking cup. Some stag's horns were found at the head and feet. Three wooden posts had been placed in the mound, extending from the primary interment to the top of the barrow at an angle.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 115

Y coordinate 416

Bibliographic source Hoare 1812, Goddard 1913

Query

Site name	Amesbury 15
Site number	599
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4072 4084 4094 4101 4111 4123 4124 4129 4142 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow with a shallow pit contained the inhumation of a male, head to NE, upon a plank of elm wood. On the left side of the head was a bronze grooved dagger in a wooden case and a small bronze dagger, at the feet a crushed richly ornamented drinking cup. Some stag's horns were found at the head and feet. Three wooden posts had been placed in the mound, extending from the primary interment to the top of the barrow at an angle.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	115
Y coordinate	416
Bibliographic source	Hoare 1812, Goddard 1913