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Site name Clarendon Park 5, Ford Down, Laverstock

Site number 420

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4128 4141 4151 4152 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow on a false crest, comprising a ring of flints 8.5-9m in diameter, 0.6-1.2m wide and 0.3m high. The centre was filled with dumps of flint, and earth and weathered chalk surrounded the primary flint ring. A layer of chalk rubble covered the earth and weathered chalk layer. 4 sherds of Early/Middle Bronze Age pottery were in the central flint dumps. Seven fragments of unburnt human bone were found; one in the central flint core, 4 at points on the original land surface, 2 in the area of central disturbance. There were two probable cremation groups, one to the north of the barrow centre, and one at the centre. A spread of charcoal patches existed in the central area, the clearest being in the north east quadrant, and indications of large timbers burnt in situ, in an arc on the edge of the primary flint dump. There were 4 stake holes in no pattern in the central area, sealed by throw out from the grave.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 178

Y coordinate 327

Bibliographic source Grinsell 1957a, Fasham 1985

Query

Site name	Clarendon Park 5, Ford Down, Laverstock
Site number	420
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4128 4141 4151 4152 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow on a false crest, comprising a ring of flints 8.5-9m in diameter, 0.6-1.2m wide and 0.3m high. The centre was filled with dumps of flint, and earth and weathered chalk surrounded the primary flint ring. A layer of chalk rubble covered the earth and weathered chalk layer. 4 sherds of Early/Middle Bronze Age pottery were in the central flint dumps. Seven fragments of unburnt human bone were found; one in the central flint core, 4 at points on the original land surface, 2 in the area of central disturbance. There were two probable cremation groups, one to the north of the barrow centre, and one at the centre. A spread of charcoal patches existed in the central area, the clearest being in the north east quadrant, and indications of large timbers burnt in situ, in an arc on the edge of the primary flint dump. There were 4 stake holes in no pattern in the central area, sealed by throw out from the grave.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	178
Y coordinate	327
Bibliographic source	Grinsell 1957a, Fasham 1985