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Site name Winterbourne Stoke 47

Site number 432

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4024 4025 4028 4030 4032 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4105 4106 4112 4121 4122 4123 4141 4152 4153 4165 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A large disc barrow whose first structure was a small stake circle, later burnt, and a charcoal scatter on the old land surface, running mainly to the north east under several subsequent structures. A stake circle c32m in diameter first had a turf bank placed at its outer base, behind which was built a flint wall. Up to and over the flint was piled a chalk bank, the inner edge of which was traced to the stake circle on the north/north west. There were some stake holes in the chalk bank, and larger posts intermittently under the bank. At the ESE an entrance led into the circle marked by a 2.1m wide stake hole passage. A central grave contained the cremation of an adult c25 in a pit, 3 amber beads, 30 flat shale beads, a bronze knife, and a bronze awl. The upper part of the grave was filled with ash and a few bits of bone. Upcast covered the cremation and an incomplete double stake hole ring was set in and behind it.

The next stage was to fill the centre circle with turf. A secondary grave under a small mound was placed on the berm to the east of the circle: it was a circular hole lined with basketwork (there were slender stake holes), containing the cremation of a young adult and a bronze awl.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 105

Y coordinate 443

Bibliographic source Gingell 1988

Query

Site name	Winterbourne Stoke 47
Site number	432
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4024 4025 4028 4030 4032 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4105 4106 4112 4121 4122 4123 4141 4152 4153 4165 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A large disc barrow whose first structure was a small stake circle, later burnt, and a charcoal scatter on the old land surface, running mainly to the north east under several subsequent structures. A stake circle c32m in diameter first had a turf bank placed at its outer base, behind which was built a flint wall. Up to and over the flint was piled a chalk bank, the inner edge of which was traced to the stake circle on the north/north west. There were some stake holes in the chalk bank, and larger posts intermittently under the bank. At the ESE an entrance led into the circle marked by a 2.1m wide stake hole passage. A central grave contained the cremation of an adult c25 in a pit, 3 amber beads, 30 flat shale beads, a bronze knife, and a bronze awl. The upper part of the grave was filled with ash and a few bits of bone. Upcast covered the cremation and an incomplete double stake hole ring was set in and behind it. The next stage was to fill the centre circle with turf. A secondary grave under a small mound was placed on the berm to the east of the circle: it was a circular hole lined with basketwork (there were slender stake holes), containing the cremation of a young adult and a bronze awl.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	105
Y coordinate	443
Bibliographic source	Gingell 1988