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Site name Winterbourne Stoke 50

Site number 434

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4033 4043 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4106 4111 4112 4122 4128 4141 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A disc barrow probably the location of one of the two grave groups reported by Hoare and referred to in Winterbourne Stoke 49 (Site 433). Re-excavation found skeletal material deliberately left by Cunnington, and a bronze awl at the base of the central grave, which was that of an adult c25. A regular stake circle enclosed other stake holes, mostly at the south east of the burial, with a possible south east entrance. In the west side of the ditch an adult human skull was discovered.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 105

Y coordinate 444

Bibliographic source Hoare 1812, Gingell 1988

Query

Site name	Winterbourne Stoke 50
Site number	434
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4033 4043 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4106 4111 4112 4122 4128 4141 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A disc barrow probably the location of one of the two grave groups reported by Hoare and referred to in Winterbourne Stoke 49 (Site 433). Re-excavation found skeletal material deliberately left by Cunnington, and a bronze awl at the base of the central grave, which was that of an adult c25. A regular stake circle enclosed other stake holes, mostly at the south east of the burial, with a possible south east entrance. In the west side of the ditch an adult human skull was discovered.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	105
Y coordinate	444
Bibliographic source	Hoare 1812, Gingell 1988