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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 Chedworth 4, Chedworth Woods

Site number 1426

Burial codes 3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3098 3102 3111 3121 3143 3152 3156 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A round barrow enclosed by a ditch and outer bank, containing a primary cist of 4 wall slabs c0.9m x 0.6m x 0.3m deep. This held a plain bipartite Late Bronze Age urn with burnt bones, reportedly female. A dark blue glass bead with 4 eyes in blue and white may have come from this barrow.

Remains/Period Y3

County Gloucestershire

Region SW

National grid square SP

X coordinate 51

Y coordinate 139

Bibliographic source Bird 1877, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960

Query

Site name	Chedworth 4, Chedworth Woods
Site number	1426
Burial codes	3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3098 3102 3111 3121 3143 3152 3156 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A round barrow enclosed by a ditch and outer bank, containing a primary cist of 4 wall slabs c0.9m x 0.6m x 0.3m deep. This held a plain bipartite Late Bronze Age urn with burnt bones, reportedly female. A dark blue glass bead with 4 eyes in blue and white may have come from this barrow.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Gloucestershire
Region	SW
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	51
Y coordinate	139
Bibliographic source	Bird 1877, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960