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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 Tilshead 1, Kill Barrow

Site number 98

Burial codes 5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5036 5041 5046 5051 5053 5065 5075 5084 5092 5104 5111 5128 5143 5152 5159 5160 5181

3500bc - 2500bc Long barrow of earth oriented SE, with a primary deposit on the floor near the south east end of several imperfectly burnt skeletons intermixed with brecchia of burnt flints, shells, and sarsen chips. A possible example of a platform cremation.

Remains/Period Y5

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 0

Y coordinate 478

Bibliographic source Thurnam 1869, Cunnington M E 1914, Grinsell 1958b

Query

Site name	Tilshead 1, Kill Barrow
Site number	98
Burial codes	5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5036 5041 5046 5051 5053 5065 5075 5084 5092 5104 5111 5128 5143 5152 5159 5160 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	Long barrow of earth oriented SE, with a primary deposit on the floor near the south east end of several imperfectly burnt skeletons intermixed with brecchia of burnt flints, shells, and sarsen chips. A possible example of a platform cremation.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	0
Y coordinate	478
Bibliographic source	Thurnam 1869, Cunnington M E 1914, Grinsell 1958b