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Site name Broad Chalke 1, Knighton Hill

Site number 469

Burial codes 3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3034 3036 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3085 3092 3098 3102 3106 3112 3125 3127 3141 3152 3153 3154 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bell barrow, with a causeway 6m wide through the ditch at the west south west. A chalky material capped the inner barrow mound which was of turves and topsoil. That covered a cairn containing a cremation in a pit just west south west of centre. In the surface of the pre-barrow soil were three stake holes just west of the cremation, and charcoal, pottery and animal bone. The cremation was of a (probably) female adult c30-40, accompanied by ashes and bucket urn sherds, and covered by a large inverted barrel urn. The base of the pit was covered by ash, burnt bone, and more bucket urn sherds. The upper pit fill was chalky soil. There were four deposits of animal bones (one of a complete sheep skull) just to the east of the cremation pit, on the old ground surface. On the west side of the cairn and pit was a scatter of 13 (?bucket urn) sherds, at the same level as that of the animal bones.

Remains/Period Y3

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 49

Y coordinate 240

Bibliographic source Grinsell 1957a, Rahtz 1970b

Query

Site name	Broad Chalke 1, Knighton Hill
Site number	469
Burial codes	3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3034 3036 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3085 3092 3098 3102 3106 3112 3125 3127 3141 3152 3153 3154 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bell barrow, with a causeway 6m wide through the ditch at the west south west. A chalky material capped the inner barrow mound which was of turves and topsoil. That covered a cairn containing a cremation in a pit just west south west of centre. In the surface of the pre-barrow soil were three stake holes just west of the cremation, and charcoal, pottery and animal bone. The cremation was of a (probably) female adult c30-40, accompanied by ashes and bucket urn sherds, and covered by a large inverted barrel urn. The base of the pit was covered by ash, burnt bone, and more bucket urn sherds. The upper pit fill was chalky soil. There were four deposits of animal bones (one of a complete sheep skull) just to the east of the cremation pit, on the old ground surface. On the west side of the cairn and pit was a scatter of 13 (?bucket urn) sherds, at the same level as that of the animal bones.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	49
Y coordinate	240
Bibliographic source	Grinsell 1957a, Rahtz 1970b