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Site name Aldbourne 14

Site number 531

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4112 4123 4143 4152 4153 4164 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow largely of earth with a chalk capping. At the centre was a rectangular pit oriented WNW/ESE containing an adult cremation with a bronze knife laid on top. An open wooden cist enclosed the cremation and wood ash and charcoal filled the gap between the pit wall and the wooden sides. The mound material contained 3 scraps of flint, and 1 large and several smaller flint flakes, all unburnt.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 235

Y coordinate 779

Bibliographic source Greenwell 1880, Goddard 1913

Query

Site name	Aldbourne 14
Site number	531
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4112 4123 4143 4152 4153 4164 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow largely of earth with a chalk capping. At the centre was a rectangular pit oriented WNW/ESE containing an adult cremation with a bronze knife laid on top. An open wooden cist enclosed the cremation and wood ash and charcoal filled the gap between the pit wall and the wooden sides. The mound material contained 3 scraps of flint, and 1 large and several smaller flint flakes, all unburnt.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	235
Y coordinate	779
Bibliographic source	Greenwell 1880, Goddard 1913