Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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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 Chute 1

Site number 90

Burial codes 5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5034 5042 5044 5045 5051 5052 5053 5065 5075 5093 5094 5102 5104 5111 5124 5128 5143 5151 5152 5159 5170 5181

3500bc - 2500bc An oval barrow oriented SE/NW. In the centre was a circle of skulls each placed on a flat stone. Inside the ring were bundles of long bones. One skull contained some ribs and a few smaller bones. Further to the south east was another circle of human skulls and bundles of long bones, but these were smaller and less numerous. Generally the material contained very few vertebrae, only a few ribs and no small bones. One female hip bone had a black flint arrow head in association.

Remains/Period Y5

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 285

Y coordinate 561

Bibliographic source Passmore 1942

Query

Site name	Chute 1
Site number	90
Burial codes	5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5034 5042 5044 5045 5051 5052 5053 5065 5075 5093 5094 5102 5104 5111 5124 5128 5143 5151 5152 5159 5170 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	An oval barrow oriented SE/NW. In the centre was a circle of skulls each placed on a flat stone. Inside the ring were bundles of long bones. One skull contained some ribs and a few smaller bones. Further to the south east was another circle of human skulls and bundles of long bones, but these were smaller and less numerous. Generally the material contained very few vertebrae, only a few ribs and no small bones. One female hip bone had a black flint arrow head in association.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	285
Y coordinate	561
Bibliographic source	Passmore 1942