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Site name Aldbourne 1, Sugar Hill Down

Site number 520

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4112 4121 4122 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4171 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow whose mound comprised 6 distinct layers - clean soil, decayed turf, topsoil, chalk with some earth, earth with some chalk, and a chalk capping c0.9m thick. A small central pit containing the cremated bones of an adult was set into the natural surface. Accompanying the cremation was a small plain cylindrical pottery vessel (Aldbourne cup), a perforated bone pin, 7 amber beads, one small round flat piece of amber, and a flint flake (unburnt as was the pin). Above the pit was a spread c0.9m wide of burnt bones, surrounded by charcoal and wood ash.

1.2m east of the centre and 0.6m above the natural surface in the first layer of barrow material was a deposit of an adult cremation laid in a round heap. In Layer 5 above the central point was a succession of three beds of sarsen stones laid in circular form, between each a layer of charcoal with less on the largest upper bed. The lowest bed was 1.2m in diameter, and the upper 3.6m. The upper bed showed traces of fire in its inner 1.8m diameter area.

The mound contained many bones of ox and pig, an oval flint scraper, several flint chippings, and 12 pieces of pottery including a Beaker base.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 249

Y coordinate 773

Bibliographic source Greenwell 1880, Goddard 1913

Query

Site name	Aldbourne 1, Sugar Hill Down
Site number	520
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4112 4121 4122 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4171 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow whose mound comprised 6 distinct layers - clean soil, decayed turf, topsoil, chalk with some earth, earth with some chalk, and a chalk capping c0.9m thick. A small central pit containing the cremated bones of an adult was set into the natural surface. Accompanying the cremation was a small plain cylindrical pottery vessel (Aldbourne cup), a perforated bone pin, 7 amber beads, one small round flat piece of amber, and a flint flake (unburnt as was the pin). Above the pit was a spread c0.9m wide of burnt bones, surrounded by charcoal and wood ash. 1.2m east of the centre and 0.6m above the natural surface in the first layer of barrow material was a deposit of an adult cremation laid in a round heap. In Layer 5 above the central point was a succession of three beds of sarsen stones laid in circular form, between each a layer of charcoal with less on the largest upper bed. The lowest bed was 1.2m in diameter, and the upper 3.6m. The upper bed showed traces of fire in its inner 1.8m diameter area. The mound contained many bones of ox and pig, an oval flint scraper, several flint chippings, and 12 pieces of pottery including a Beaker base.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	249
Y coordinate	773
Bibliographic source	Greenwell 1880, Goddard 1913