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Site name Amesbury 44, Cursus Barrow Group

Site number 651

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4047 4051 4065 4071 4084 4092 4098 4103 4104 4111 4121 4122 4123 4126 4128 4143 4152 4153 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A twin bell barrow. The eastern barrow mound comprised chalk capping over earth, and at 0.9m a flint layer 0.3m thick. This rested on another earth layer in which was a cremation burial in an enlarged food vessel comprising a young female imperfectly cremated. Mixed with the bones were a flat dagger, a bronze awl, a gold mounted amber disc, faience beads, amber beads and space plates, an amber stud, beads probably of shale, and (?)calcite beads. Some had been in the fire. It is uncertain whether the cremation was primary or secondary (it was excavated by Stukeley, quoted by Hoare).

The western barrow covered a small pit cut into the floor to the south of the barrow centre containing a cremation with 4 horn beads and 2 unperforated horn beads of flat circular shape showing signs of burning. Below the barrow surface was an undatable inhumation of a male, oriented NS. It is uncertain whether the cremation was primary or secondary as the section was limited. The barrow floor was covered with ash (from the pyre, possibly).

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 120

Y coordinate 428

Bibliographic source Hoare 1812, Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Amesbury 44, Cursus Barrow Group
Site number	651
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4047 4051 4065 4071 4084 4092 4098 4103 4104 4111 4121 4122 4123 4126 4128 4143 4152 4153 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A twin bell barrow. The eastern barrow mound comprised chalk capping over earth, and at 0.9m a flint layer 0.3m thick. This rested on another earth layer in which was a cremation burial in an enlarged food vessel comprising a young female imperfectly cremated. Mixed with the bones were a flat dagger, a bronze awl, a gold mounted amber disc, faience beads, amber beads and space plates, an amber stud, beads probably of shale, and (?)calcite beads. Some had been in the fire. It is uncertain whether the cremation was primary or secondary (it was excavated by Stukeley, quoted by Hoare). The western barrow covered a small pit cut into the floor to the south of the barrow centre containing a cremation with 4 horn beads and 2 unperforated horn beads of flat circular shape showing signs of burning. Below the barrow surface was an undatable inhumation of a male, oriented NS. It is uncertain whether the cremation was primary or secondary as the section was limited. The barrow floor was covered with ash (from the pyre, possibly).
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	120
Y coordinate	428
Bibliographic source	Hoare 1812, Grinsell 1959