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Site name Norton Radstock 2, Rowberrow Field
Site number 321
Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4045 4052 4053 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4128 4142 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc Round barrow of oolitic rubble excavated from the barrow ditch. The original turf line was covered with ash and charcoal of willow or poplar, ash, holly and possibly birch, and showed much evidence of burning. On this turf line were found: an antler pick, a small piece of Bronze Age pot, 2 pieces of antler, a flint thumb scraper, a small fragment of human bone, four articulated ox vertebrae, parts of two ox skulls, other animal bones (pig, horse, sheep), and 10 flint flakes. There were the remains of a 1.8m cross timber, 2 post holes, and a small hole with human skeletal material fragments. The centre of the barrow had been disturbed.
Remains/Period Y4
County Somerset
Region SW
National grid square ST
X coordinate 689
Y coordinate 563
Bibliographic source Wedlake 1958, Grinsell 1971


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