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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 Shrewton 2, The Bustard

Site number 626

Burial codes 3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3043 3044 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3093 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bowl barrow with a bowl shaped depression in the chalk floor containing an unaccompanied cremation. There was a (?)secondary cremation with a broken Late Bronze Age bucket urn. There were disarticulated unburnt human bones in the barrow mound.

Remains/Period Y3

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 101

Y coordinate 461

Bibliographic source Hawley 1910

Query

Site name	Shrewton 2, The Bustard
Site number	626
Burial codes	3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3043 3044 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3093 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bowl barrow with a bowl shaped depression in the chalk floor containing an unaccompanied cremation. There was a (?)secondary cremation with a broken Late Bronze Age bucket urn. There were disarticulated unburnt human bones in the barrow mound.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	101
Y coordinate	461
Bibliographic source	Hawley 1910