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Site name Wilsford (S) 58

Site number 644

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4073 4084 4098 4101 4111 4121 4122 4123 4143 4151 4152 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow with on its floor a primary inhumation of a very tall stout male, on its right side, head to SE. At the feet were a perforated stone axe, a slightly flanged bronze axe, a bone tube, a bone handle, a grooved whetstone and a boar's tusk, and an item of twisted bronze of stirrup shape (thought to be a 'standard', Thomas 1954, 326-330). The bone tube may be from a human long bone and may originally have had a side hole at one end.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 117

Y coordinate 398

Bibliographic source Hoare 1812, Thomas 1954, Grinsell 1957a

Query

Site name	Wilsford (S) 58
Site number	644
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4073 4084 4098 4101 4111 4121 4122 4123 4143 4151 4152 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow with on its floor a primary inhumation of a very tall stout male, on its right side, head to SE. At the feet were a perforated stone axe, a slightly flanged bronze axe, a bone tube, a bone handle, a grooved whetstone and a boar's tusk, and an item of twisted bronze of stirrup shape (thought to be a 'standard', Thomas 1954, 326-330). The bone tube may be from a human long bone and may originally have had a side hole at one end.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	117
Y coordinate	398
Bibliographic source	Hoare 1812, Thomas 1954, Grinsell 1957a