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Site name East Harptree 4, T19

Site number 303

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4093 4104 4111 4112 4121 4143 4151 4152 4156 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with loose earth and stone outer ring, a mound made of alternate layers of black peaty soil and grey, yellow and red clayey sandy and gravelly material (red and black dominating). The barrow floor was a naturally continuous surface of iron cemented sand and stones. A small cavity was dug in the centre of the barrow, lined by a layer of unbaked grey clay continued above the original ground surface to form an irregular ovoid chamber 0.33m x 0.3m x 0.2m in height, with smooth internal walls. There was a small hole in the top, left to insert ashes, then it was sealed. It contained a mixture of fine charcoal and calcined human bones of an adult, one or two unburnt (?)human bones, a few pieces of white cherty material, and a cylinder of charcoal, possibly a calcined bead. There were a few pieces of charcoal and calcined bone fragments on the barrow floor.

Remains/Period Y4

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 537

Y coordinate 527

Bibliographic source Taylor 1925, Grinsell 1971

Query

Site name	East Harptree 4, T19
Site number	303
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4093 4104 4111 4112 4121 4143 4151 4152 4156 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with loose earth and stone outer ring, a mound made of alternate layers of black peaty soil and grey, yellow and red clayey sandy and gravelly material (red and black dominating). The barrow floor was a naturally continuous surface of iron cemented sand and stones. A small cavity was dug in the centre of the barrow, lined by a layer of unbaked grey clay continued above the original ground surface to form an irregular ovoid chamber 0.33m x 0.3m x 0.2m in height, with smooth internal walls. There was a small hole in the top, left to insert ashes, then it was sealed. It contained a mixture of fine charcoal and calcined human bones of an adult, one or two unburnt (?)human bones, a few pieces of white cherty material, and a cylinder of charcoal, possibly a calcined bead. There were a few pieces of charcoal and calcined bone fragments on the barrow floor.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	537
Y coordinate	527
Bibliographic source	Taylor 1925, Grinsell 1971