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Site name Ogbourne St Andrew 11

Site number 650

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4112 4122 4129 4143 4152 4153 4158 4160 4169 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with on the barrow floor remains of a cremation pit 1.8-2.1m long lined with wood, and abundant traces of cremation in the wood ashes and carbonised wooden planks lying on the surface. 1.2m above the floor was an adult cremation, the bones collected from the ashes and wrapped in a woven cloth and placed on a plank of wood 1.1m x 0.45m. In the middle of the heap of bone was a black flint knife. About 0.9m from this was a small food vessel. The mound comprised four distinct layers, descending from clay to clayey earth with 'river drift', to flinty earth and at the bottom clay with flint.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 189

Y coordinate 723

Bibliographic source Cunnington W 1885

Query

Site name	Ogbourne St Andrew 11
Site number	650
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4112 4122 4129 4143 4152 4153 4158 4160 4169 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with on the barrow floor remains of a cremation pit 1.8-2.1m long lined with wood, and abundant traces of cremation in the wood ashes and carbonised wooden planks lying on the surface. 1.2m above the floor was an adult cremation, the bones collected from the ashes and wrapped in a woven cloth and placed on a plank of wood 1.1m x 0.45m. In the middle of the heap of bone was a black flint knife. About 0.9m from this was a small food vessel. The mound comprised four distinct layers, descending from clay to clayey earth with 'river drift', to flinty earth and at the bottom clay with flint.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	189
Y coordinate	723
Bibliographic source	Cunnington W 1885