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 Upton Lovell 1, Upton Great Barrow

Site number 589

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4122 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow with a small vallum outside the ditch, with a shallow pit containing the cremated remains of one person, accompanied by 48 beads, 16 of faience, 5 jet, and 27 amber. The mound itself contained potsherds, stag's horn fragments, animal bone and much ash and charred wood.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 955

Y coordinate 423

Bibliographic source Cunnington W 1805a/b, Hoare 1812

Query

Site name	Upton Lovell 1, Upton Great Barrow
Site number	589
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4122 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow with a small vallum outside the ditch, with a shallow pit containing the cremated remains of one person, accompanied by 48 beads, 16 of faience, 5 jet, and 27 amber. The mound itself contained potsherds, stag's horn fragments, animal bone and much ash and charred wood.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	955
Y coordinate	423
Bibliographic source	Cunnington W 1805a/b, Hoare 1812