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Site name Collingbourne Ducis 4, Snail Down Group
Site number 652
Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4085 4092 4098 4104 4111 4122 4123 4129 4143 4151 4152 4163 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc A twin bell barrow. The north north west mound contained a large primary (?) cremation. The south south east mound contained a primary cremation set on the barrow floor and placed in a wooden tree trunk chest 1.8m x 0.9m. Accompanying the cremation was a broken pygmy cup, a dagger in a sheath wrapped in cloth (traces of both remained), and a large bronze pin with double ringed head, each ring with a further loose ring attached.
Remains/Period Y4
County Wiltshire
Region S
National grid square SU
X coordinate 220
Y coordinate 520
Bibliographic source Hoare 1812, Grinsell 1959


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