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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 Norton Bavant Borrow Pit Barrow

Site number 1658

Burial codes 4001 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4073 4083 4091 4098 4101 4107 4112 4122 4123 4129 4143 4152 4153 4169 4181 3001 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3042 3048 3051 3065 3074 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3112 3128 3143 3153 3181

2500bc-14/1300bc A disc or bell barrow with a possibly annular ditch, over a central primary burial in a subrectangular grave, comprising a flexed inhumation on its right side, head to SE, of an older adult male with severe osteoarthritis which would have required considerable support. Extending beneath the skeleton and for some distance around it was a very thin, brown, apparently organic deposit. A small plain pottery vessel had been placed in front of the burial. A bronze 6-rivetted dagger and a knife dagger, a whetstone, a bone needle or perforated pin and a bone belt hook were lying close together behind the head and shoulders, the whole group covered by an unidentified organic deposit, possibly the remains of a wrapping or bag. The last two grave goods were unusual associations for this period.

14/1300bc-8/700bc In the SSE ditch section F304 was the remains of a probable contracted inhumation of an adult near the bottom of the recut ditch F475. It was on its right side, head to W, and many parts were missing. Given its deposition after the silting of the recut ditch had begun, it was dated to the Late Bronze Age by the excavators.

Remains/Period Y4 Y3

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 905

Y coordinate 428

Bibliographic source Butterworth 1992

Query

Site name	Norton Bavant Borrow Pit Barrow
Site number	1658
Burial codes	4001 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4073 4083 4091 4098 4101 4107 4112 4122 4123 4129 4143 4152 4153 4169 4181 3001 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3042 3048 3051 3065 3074 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3112 3128 3143 3153 3181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A disc or bell barrow with a possibly annular ditch, over a central primary burial in a subrectangular grave, comprising a flexed inhumation on its right side, head to SE, of an older adult male with severe osteoarthritis which would have required considerable support. Extending beneath the skeleton and for some distance around it was a very thin, brown, apparently organic deposit. A small plain pottery vessel had been placed in front of the burial. A bronze 6-rivetted dagger and a knife dagger, a whetstone, a bone needle or perforated pin and a bone belt hook were lying close together behind the head and shoulders, the whole group covered by an unidentified organic deposit, possibly the remains of a wrapping or bag. The last two grave goods were unusual associations for this period.
14/1300bc-8/700bc	In the SSE ditch section F304 was the remains of a probable contracted inhumation of an adult near the bottom of the recut ditch F475. It was on its right side, head to W, and many parts were missing. Given its deposition after the silting of the recut ditch had begun, it was dated to the Late Bronze Age by the excavators.
Remains/Period	Y4 Y3
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	905
Y coordinate	428
Bibliographic source	Butterworth 1992