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Site name Naunton 2, Westfield
Site number 358
Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4102 4104 4110 4111 4123 4143 4152 4156 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow of fine earth, with probably a slab covering. There was a probably primary central corbel-roofed slab-lined cist 1.2m square, containing the cremation most likely of a woman and child with a 2-rivetted bronze knife-dagger. The charcoal from the pyre was apparently spread in layers at intervals as the mound was built. On the east and north east sides there was a considerable stratum of charcoal and decomposed animal matter, intermingled with tooth of horse, tusk of boar and jaw of dog, more or less co-extensive with the base of the mound.
Remains/Period Y4
County Gloucestershire
Region SW
National grid square SP
X coordinate 99
Y coordinate 215
Bibliographic source Royce 1882-83, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960


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