Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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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 East Kennet 1c

Site number 533

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4074 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4122 4123 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with a mound of chalk rubble covering a grave pit 1.5m deep vaulted over with sarsen blocks, some of considerable size. At the base was a crouched inhumation lying on its right side, head to west. By the feet was an A Beaker of Clarke S3 (W) type. By the right side of the body was a battle axe and a 3-4 riveted bronze dagger.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 115

Y coordinate 668

Bibliographic source Thurnam 1871, Saunders and Needham 1977-78, Kinnes 1980

Query

Site name	East Kennet 1c
Site number	533
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4074 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4122 4123 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with a mound of chalk rubble covering a grave pit 1.5m deep vaulted over with sarsen blocks, some of considerable size. At the base was a crouched inhumation lying on its right side, head to west. By the feet was an A Beaker of Clarke S3 (W) type. By the right side of the body was a battle axe and a 3-4 riveted bronze dagger.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	115
Y coordinate	668
Bibliographic source	Thurnam 1871, Saunders and Needham 1977-78, Kinnes 1980