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Site name Snail Down XVII

Site number 1666

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4047 4051 4052 4053 4065 4075 4085 4093 4098 4104 4111 4128 4142 4152 4153 4161 4167 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with at the centre post holes and other features suggesting the traces of a wooden platform on which the body had rested for the flesh to decay. Beneath this structure a burial pit had been dug and a large collared urn put in it. The urn had been deliberately smashed and the cremated remains deposited on top. The uprights of the platform were left in position.

On the west side of the mound three pits were found, one containing earth and a few chips of cremated bone, one charcoal, and the third some carefully packed sherds of a small collared urn.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 218

Y coordinate 519

Bibliographic source Thomas and Thomas 1960

Query

Site name	Snail Down XVII
Site number	1666
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4047 4051 4052 4053 4065 4075 4085 4093 4098 4104 4111 4128 4142 4152 4153 4161 4167 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with at the centre post holes and other features suggesting the traces of a wooden platform on which the body had rested for the flesh to decay. Beneath this structure a burial pit had been dug and a large collared urn put in it. The urn had been deliberately smashed and the cremated remains deposited on top. The uprights of the platform were left in position. On the west side of the mound three pits were found, one containing earth and a few chips of cremated bone, one charcoal, and the third some carefully packed sherds of a small collared urn.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	218
Y coordinate	519
Bibliographic source	Thomas and Thomas 1960