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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 Bulford 49, Target Barrow, Beacon Hill

Site number 621

Burial codes 4001 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4141 4152 4160 4161 4181 3002 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow containing a (?) primary funeral pyre in the south east quadrant comprising stakes 'erected on the solid chalk to form the rectangular space which seemed to have contained logs of timber laid lengthways' (Hawley 1910, 619), mostly of oak with some ash. The pyre remains of ash and charred wood were about 2.1m high and contained a cremation with a Middle Bronze Age urn of dotted Vandyke pattern. The pyre must have been considerable and burnt for a long time, such was the mass of ash encountered. The mound had a 0.6m thick chalk capping.

14/1300bc-8/700bc There were 4 secondary cremations of the Late Bronze Age, three in urns east or south east of the barrow centre, set in the 0.6m thick chalk capping of the mound..

Remains/Period Y4 Y3

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 195

Y coordinate 446

Bibliographic source Hawley 1910

Query

Site name	Bulford 49, Target Barrow, Beacon Hill
Site number	621
Burial codes	4001 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4141 4152 4160 4161 4181 3002 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow containing a (?) primary funeral pyre in the south east quadrant comprising stakes 'erected on the solid chalk to form the rectangular space which seemed to have contained logs of timber laid lengthways' (Hawley 1910, 619), mostly of oak with some ash. The pyre remains of ash and charred wood were about 2.1m high and contained a cremation with a Middle Bronze Age urn of dotted Vandyke pattern. The pyre must have been considerable and burnt for a long time, such was the mass of ash encountered. The mound had a 0.6m thick chalk capping.
14/1300bc-8/700bc	There were 4 secondary cremations of the Late Bronze Age, three in urns east or south east of the barrow centre, set in the 0.6m thick chalk capping of the mound..
Remains/Period	Y4 Y3
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	195
Y coordinate	446
Bibliographic source	Hawley 1910