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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 Wylye 2

Site number 646

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4152 4160 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with a large bed of wood ash on the barrow floor 2.4m in diameter and 15cm thick. In this were large pieces of charcoal and some small fragments of burnt human bone. On the north side of the ash bed was an incense cup, decorated with two bands and with an overhanging inside rim. The mound contained pottery of Beaker, Peterborough and grooved ware.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 15

Y coordinate 394

Bibliographic source Passmore 1940a

Query

Site name	Wylye 2
Site number	646
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4152 4160 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with a large bed of wood ash on the barrow floor 2.4m in diameter and 15cm thick. In this were large pieces of charcoal and some small fragments of burnt human bone. On the north side of the ash bed was an incense cup, decorated with two bands and with an overhanging inside rim. The mound contained pottery of Beaker, Peterborough and grooved ware.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	15
Y coordinate	394
Bibliographic source	Passmore 1940a