Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Shepherd's Shore

Site number 868

Burial codes 5005 5009 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5043 5047 5051 5052 5053 5065 5075 5084 5092 5098 5104 5108 5110 5111 5128 5143 5152 5159 5167 5181

3500bc - 2500bc A long mound of chalk rubble, with an apparent mortuary area at the E. There was paving of oolite and sarsen blocks, on, under and spread around which were the bones of 3 adults and one child c8, and a cremation deposit of at least one adult. The skeletons were incomplete, the bones broken and not in their correct relative positions, and four vertebrae in fact being strung on a rib bone. They occurred at different levels and may have been thrown in haphazardly as the mound was built up. No ashes or signs of fire were found, and no pottery whatsoever.

Remains/Period Y5

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 39

Y coordinate 661

Bibliographic source Cunnington M E 1926b, Kinnes 1992

Query

Site name	Shepherd's Shore
Site number	868
Burial codes	5005 5009 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5043 5047 5051 5052 5053 5065 5075 5084 5092 5098 5104 5108 5110 5111 5128 5143 5152 5159 5167 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	A long mound of chalk rubble, with an apparent mortuary area at the E. There was paving of oolite and sarsen blocks, on, under and spread around which were the bones of 3 adults and one child c8, and a cremation deposit of at least one adult. The skeletons were incomplete, the bones broken and not in their correct relative positions, and four vertebrae in fact being strung on a rib bone. They occurred at different levels and may have been thrown in haphazardly as the mound was built up. No ashes or signs of fire were found, and no pottery whatsoever.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	39
Y coordinate	661
Bibliographic source	Cunnington M E 1926b, Kinnes 1992