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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 Winterbourne Stoke 9

Site number 608

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4048 4051 4065 4071 4085 4098 4104 4111 4122 4123 4129 4143 4152 4153 4157 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with primary skeleton oriented NS in a shallow boat-like wooden coffin in an oblong pit. Around the neck were a great variety of amber and jet beads, a bronze dagger, bronze awl and a broken urn of neat form.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 103

Y coordinate 419

Bibliographic source Hoare 1812

Query

Site name	Winterbourne Stoke 9
Site number	608
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4048 4051 4065 4071 4085 4098 4104 4111 4122 4123 4129 4143 4152 4153 4157 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with primary skeleton oriented NS in a shallow boat-like wooden coffin in an oblong pit. Around the neck were a great variety of amber and jet beads, a bronze dagger, bronze awl and a broken urn of neat form.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	103
Y coordinate	419
Bibliographic source	Hoare 1812