Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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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 Tilshead 5, Tilshead Lodge

Site number 1698

Burial codes 5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5036 5042 5044 5046 5052 5065 5072 5084 5092 5097 5104 5111 5125 5127 5128 5143 5151 5152 5181 5183

3500bc - 2500bc A long barrow oriented E with a primary deposit of two skeletons c0.3m apart, and showing evidence for decay before burial, although the bones were correctly articulated. The bodies lay head to N, on the right side. One had a cleft skull. Close by were bones of two specimens of bos longifrons, showing evidence of slaughter. Over them was a stratum of black earth.

Remains/Period Y5

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 20

Y coordinate 475

Bibliographic source Thurnam 1869, Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Tilshead 5, Tilshead Lodge
Site number	1698
Burial codes	5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5036 5042 5044 5046 5052 5065 5072 5084 5092 5097 5104 5111 5125 5127 5128 5143 5151 5152 5181 5183
3500bc - 2500bc	A long barrow oriented E with a primary deposit of two skeletons c0.3m apart, and showing evidence for decay before burial, although the bones were correctly articulated. The bodies lay head to N, on the right side. One had a cleft skull. Close by were bones of two specimens of bos longifrons, showing evidence of slaughter. Over them was a stratum of black earth.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	20
Y coordinate	475
Bibliographic source	Thurnam 1869, Grinsell 1959