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Site name Mere 6a, Mere Down

Site number 585

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4072 4084 4098 4101 4104 4111 4122 4123 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow containing a pit 1.8m long oriented EW, with in it a large adult male 'with his limbs gathered up and crossed' (Hoare 1812, 44) and the skeleton of a younger person on his right side, the head close to the head of the first. Close by was a Bi Beaker, and near the left side of the male was a copper dagger, and a slate wrist guard. Also accompanying the inhumations were: a small bone instrument, and two circular gold discs with two circular central perforations, a cross decoration and a rim studded with indentations. (Compare Monkton Farleigh 2, Site 507, for another example of a marked gold disc). To the east of this pit was a large quantity of charred wood.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 811

Y coordinate 345

Bibliographic source Hoare 1812

Query

Site name	Mere 6a, Mere Down
Site number	585
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4072 4084 4098 4101 4104 4111 4122 4123 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A round barrow containing a pit 1.8m long oriented EW, with in it a large adult male 'with his limbs gathered up and crossed' (Hoare 1812, 44) and the skeleton of a younger person on his right side, the head close to the head of the first. Close by was a Bi Beaker, and near the left side of the male was a copper dagger, and a slate wrist guard. Also accompanying the inhumations were: a small bone instrument, and two circular gold discs with two circular central perforations, a cross decoration and a rim studded with indentations. (Compare Monkton Farleigh 2, Site 507, for another example of a marked gold disc). To the east of this pit was a large quantity of charred wood.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	811
Y coordinate	345
Bibliographic source	Hoare 1812