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Site name Heytesbury I, Bowl's Barrow

Site number 79

Burial codes 5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5044 5047 5051 5052 5053 5065 5075 5091 5098 5101 5104 5105 5106 5107 5108 5109 5110 5128 5142 5152 5159 5167 5171 5181 5182

3500bc - 2500bc Long barrow oriented E. There was a primary deposit of at least 16 skeletons in disorder on a flint pavement, surrounded by sarsen slabs and overlain by sarsen, a possible mortuary house. Some skulls showed signs of injury. The remains included adults of ages ranging from below 25 to advanced age, some identifiably male, and three children (an infant, a child c6 and one c12). There was evidence for some bodies at least having been in an advanced state of decomposition when deposited in the barrow. Head and hooves of seven oxen were found at the east end.

Remains/Period Y5

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 942

Y coordinate 467

Bibliographic source Cunnington W 1889a, Cunnington M E 1914

Query

Site name	Heytesbury I, Bowl's Barrow
Site number	79
Burial codes	5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5044 5047 5051 5052 5053 5065 5075 5091 5098 5101 5104 5105 5106 5107 5108 5109 5110 5128 5142 5152 5159 5167 5171 5181 5182
3500bc - 2500bc	Long barrow oriented E. There was a primary deposit of at least 16 skeletons in disorder on a flint pavement, surrounded by sarsen slabs and overlain by sarsen, a possible mortuary house. Some skulls showed signs of injury. The remains included adults of ages ranging from below 25 to advanced age, some identifiably male, and three children (an infant, a child c6 and one c12). There was evidence for some bodies at least having been in an advanced state of decomposition when deposited in the barrow. Head and hooves of seven oxen were found at the east end.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	942
Y coordinate	467
Bibliographic source	Cunnington W 1889a, Cunnington M E 1914