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Site name Knowle, Little Bedwyn

Site number 1663

Burial codes 3002 3005 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3081 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3161 3173 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A small Bronze Age cinerary urn containing a cremation was inverted in a pit in the gravel, and was of impressed cord lattice decoration on the rim. [1923]

Further discoveries were made in 1925 suggesting that this was a cemetery site. One deposit was of a large Deverel type cinerary urn inverted in a pit c0.6m deep in which was charcoal, burnt flints and signs of burning. Pieces of another large vessel which was incomplete and had been deliberately broken were also inside the urn. A second urn was found nearby also containing a cremation. [1926]

Remains/Period Y3

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 265

Y coordinate 675

Bibliographic source Anon 1923, Cunnington M E 1926b

Query

Site name	Knowle, Little Bedwyn
Site number	1663
Burial codes	3002 3005 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3081 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3161 3173 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A small Bronze Age cinerary urn containing a cremation was inverted in a pit in the gravel, and was of impressed cord lattice decoration on the rim. [1923] Further discoveries were made in 1925 suggesting that this was a cemetery site. One deposit was of a large Deverel type cinerary urn inverted in a pit c0.6m deep in which was charcoal, burnt flints and signs of burning. Pieces of another large vessel which was incomplete and had been deliberately broken were also inside the urn. A second urn was found nearby also containing a cremation. [1926]
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	265
Y coordinate	675
Bibliographic source	Anon 1923, Cunnington M E 1926b