Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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Site name Bristol 3, Kings Weston Hill, T2

Site number 1424

Burial codes 2001 2005 2007 2021 2023 2025 2028 2030 2035 2036 2041 2045 2051 2065 2075 2085 2098 2104 2111 2122 2129 2143 2151 2152 2181

8/700bc-100bc A round barrow covering a primary cremation with parts of an Iron Age A carinated bowl and other sherds representing at least 5 more vessels, and a cheekpiece of bridle. The human bone was a small handful of well-burnt material. A flint scraper, knife, a bone implement with a notch, and part of a polished stone implement were also found. There were also bones of horse, pig, ox and sheep. The mound appeared to have been built on the site of a hearth c3m in diameter.

Remains/Period Y2

County Gloucestershire

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 550

Y coordinate 779

Bibliographic source Tratman 1923, 1925a, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960

Query

Site name	Bristol 3, Kings Weston Hill, T2
Site number	1424
Burial codes	2001 2005 2007 2021 2023 2025 2028 2030 2035 2036 2041 2045 2051 2065 2075 2085 2098 2104 2111 2122 2129 2143 2151 2152 2181
8/700bc-100bc	A round barrow covering a primary cremation with parts of an Iron Age A carinated bowl and other sherds representing at least 5 more vessels, and a cheekpiece of bridle. The human bone was a small handful of well-burnt material. A flint scraper, knife, a bone implement with a notch, and part of a polished stone implement were also found. There were also bones of horse, pig, ox and sheep. The mound appeared to have been built on the site of a hearth c3m in diameter.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Gloucestershire
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	550
Y coordinate	779
Bibliographic source	Tratman 1923, 1925a, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960