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Site name Nettleton 1, Littleton Drew Barrow, Lugbury
Site number 94
Burial codes 5005 5009 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5048 5051 5053 5065 5075 5093 5098 5103 5107 5108 5109 5110 5111 5128 5143 5151 5152 5155 5156 5181 5183
3500bc - 2500bc A long barrow oriented E, with a dummy portal and 4 chambered cists on the south side. A possible primary crouched skeleton of a young man was found on ground level [1821 excavations]. Paving stones were at the east end, and a possible corbelled roof. In chamber A were 7 skeletons (5 female and children c1, 2, 5, 15 and 50), chamber B was empty, chamber C contained 9 adult males c20, 25, 30, 45, 50 and 55 plus two other aged persons, and chamber D contained 10 skeletons (including 4 male and female adults and 4 children c3, 4, 7 and 17) [1854 excavations]. Most appeared dolichocephalic. The chambers were on the south side of the barrow running EW. There were no grave goods in the cists. One skull appeared deliberately cleft.
Remains/Period Y5
County Wiltshire
Region S
National grid square ST
X coordinate 830
Y coordinate 785
Bibliographic source Thurnam 1857b, Cunnington M E 1914, Grinsell 1958b


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