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Site name Hampnett 2, Burn Ground

Site number 362

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4122 4128 4143 4151 4152 4154 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow, the cairn enclosed by a kerb and extra-revetment. Just south east of the centre was a primary burial. Against the south face of a hog-backed stone were three pieces of unburnt human skeletal material, the surrounding material pitched over them and against the stone. There was a broken bronze awl 1.4m south of the primary burial. At the south west side near the annex of Hampnett 1 (Site 350) was a scatter of cremation material and Bronze Age urn sherds, near the middle of the cairn wall, and next to an Anglo-Saxon stone edged grave.

At the east angle of the junction, between this barrow and Hampnett 3 (Site 351) a slab covered a small pit containing a small overhanging rim urn and a plano-convex flint knife. Black charcoal stained soil filled the hole, but there were no human remains.

Remains/Period 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 2, Burn Ground
Site number	362
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4122 4128 4143 4151 4152 4154 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A round barrow, the cairn enclosed by a kerb and extra-revetment. Just south east of the centre was a primary burial. Against the south face of a hog-backed stone were three pieces of unburnt human skeletal material, the surrounding material pitched over them and against the stone. There was a broken bronze awl 1.4m south of the primary burial. At the south west side near the annex of Hampnett 1 (Site 350) was a scatter of cremation material and Bronze Age urn sherds, near the middle of the cairn wall, and next to an Anglo-Saxon stone edged grave. At the east angle of the junction, between this barrow and Hampnett 3 (Site 351) a slab covered a small pit containing a small overhanging rim urn and a plano-convex flint knife. Black charcoal stained soil filled the hole, but there were no human remains.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Gloucestershire
Region	SW
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	104
Y coordinate	161
Bibliographic source	Grimes 1960a, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960