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Site name Norton Bavant 13

Site number 96

Burial codes 5005 5009 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5044 5047 5051 5052 5053 5065 5031 5084 5092 5097 5103 5110 5111 5128 5129 5142 5151 5152 5167 5181

3500bc - 2500bc Long barrow oriented E, on the floor of which at the east end was a primary deposit of a confused mass of skeletons of at least 18 people (8 males, 5 females and 5 children) covered by larger flints and occasional sarsen stone blocks. There was an apparent small number of long bones for the number of persons interred. One skeleton was apart from the rest, lying with skull intact to the N. Given the compressed space of the primary deposit [c2.4m x 0.9m], this was a possible mortuary house. Neolithic A pottery and lugs were found embedded in the skeletal material. Close by one of the skulls was a globular ball or nodule of flint, much battered.

Remains/Period Y5

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 926

Y coordinate 449

Bibliographic source Thurnam 1869, Cunnington M E 1914

Query

Site name	Norton Bavant 13
Site number	96
Burial codes	5005 5009 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5044 5047 5051 5052 5053 5065 5031 5084 5092 5097 5103 5110 5111 5128 5129 5142 5151 5152 5167 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	Long barrow oriented E, on the floor of which at the east end was a primary deposit of a confused mass of skeletons of at least 18 people (8 males, 5 females and 5 children) covered by larger flints and occasional sarsen stone blocks. There was an apparent small number of long bones for the number of persons interred. One skeleton was apart from the rest, lying with skull intact to the N. Given the compressed space of the primary deposit [c2.4m x 0.9m], this was a possible mortuary house. Neolithic A pottery and lugs were found embedded in the skeletal material. Close by one of the skulls was a globular ball or nodule of flint, much battered.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	926
Y coordinate	449
Bibliographic source	Thurnam 1869, Cunnington M E 1914