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Site name Hampnett II, Burn Ground, Glo 60

Site number 20

Burial codes 5002 5005 5007 5022 5023 5025 5027 5030 5032 5042 5047 5051 5065 5075 5085 5093 5103 5110 5111 5125 5143 5151 5152 5155 5181 4002 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4032 4042 4047 4051 4065 4075 4085 4093 4103 4110 4111 4125 4143 4151 4152 4155 4181

3500bc - 2500bc Long barrow with a reveted stone mound of rectangular outline oriented E, rifled in 18th and 19th centuries, but excavated in 1940-41. The horned entrance led to an ante-chamber, gallery, 2 pairs of transepted burial chambers, and at the west end a transverse chamber c12m x 1.5m. Fragmentary human skeletal material was scattered in all chambers, of individuals of all ages and sexes (Grimes 1960: 1 male, 20 unknown sex, 6 adults, 5 children, 1 infant, 9 unidentified), occasional flints, and animal bone including pig, ox and sheep, and part of the jaw of a cat. Neolithic A pottery was found opposite the south entrance of the transverse chamber and Neolithic B at the margin of the extra-revetment opposite the south east horn. This pottery ante-dated the building of the long barrow. The forecourt and forecourt blocking were featureless.

2500bc-14/1300bc The position of Neolithic B pottery below the margin of the extra revetment opposite the south east horn of the long barrow implies a late Neolithic date (Grimes 1960).

Remains/Period Y5 Y4

County Gloucestershire

Region SW

National grid square SP

X coordinate 104

Y coordinate 161

Bibliographic source Grimes 1960a, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960

Query

Site name	Hampnett II, Burn Ground, Glo 60
Site number	20
Burial codes	5002 5005 5007 5022 5023 5025 5027 5030 5032 5042 5047 5051 5065 5075 5085 5093 5103 5110 5111 5125 5143 5151 5152 5155 5181 4002 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4032 4042 4047 4051 4065 4075 4085 4093 4103 4110 4111 4125 4143 4151 4152 4155 4181
3500bc - 2500bc	Long barrow with a reveted stone mound of rectangular outline oriented E, rifled in 18th and 19th centuries, but excavated in 1940-41. The horned entrance led to an ante-chamber, gallery, 2 pairs of transepted burial chambers, and at the west end a transverse chamber c12m x 1.5m. Fragmentary human skeletal material was scattered in all chambers, of individuals of all ages and sexes (Grimes 1960: 1 male, 20 unknown sex, 6 adults, 5 children, 1 infant, 9 unidentified), occasional flints, and animal bone including pig, ox and sheep, and part of the jaw of a cat. Neolithic A pottery was found opposite the south entrance of the transverse chamber and Neolithic B at the margin of the extra-revetment opposite the south east horn. This pottery ante-dated the building of the long barrow. The forecourt and forecourt blocking were featureless.
2500bc-14/1300bc	The position of Neolithic B pottery below the margin of the extra revetment opposite the south east horn of the long barrow implies a late Neolithic date (Grimes 1960).
Remains/Period	Y5 Y4
County	Gloucestershire
Region	SW
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	104
Y coordinate	161
Bibliographic source	Grimes 1960a, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960