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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Collingbourne Ducis 3, Snail Down

Site number 501

Burial codes 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4153 4143 4152 4153 4184

2500bc-14/1300bc A saucer barrow or possibly a ring ditch containing three pits aligned EW. The west pit was roughly circular, 1.2m in diameter and 0.6m deep, dug out of the chalk and filled in fairly quickly. The central pit was small, circular and deep, filled with alternate loads of chalk and dark earth, sealed by a disc or cap of puddled chalk standing several inches above the natural chalk. The east pit was small and irregular, filled with chalk and soil with some charcoal at the bottom. On other upper Thames site analogies this one is assumed to be Late Neolithic.

Remains/Period N4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 220

Y coordinate 521

Bibliographic source Thomas and Thomas 1955

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Site name	Collingbourne Ducis 3, Snail Down
Site number	501
Burial codes	4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4153 4143 4152 4153 4184
2500bc-14/1300bc	A saucer barrow or possibly a ring ditch containing three pits aligned EW. The west pit was roughly circular, 1.2m in diameter and 0.6m deep, dug out of the chalk and filled in fairly quickly. The central pit was small, circular and deep, filled with alternate loads of chalk and dark earth, sealed by a disc or cap of puddled chalk standing several inches above the natural chalk. The east pit was small and irregular, filled with chalk and soil with some charcoal at the bottom. On other upper Thames site analogies this one is assumed to be Late Neolithic.
Remains/Period	N4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	220
Y coordinate	521
Bibliographic source	Thomas and Thomas 1955