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Site name Pewit Farm, Charlton Down

Site number 990

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4101 4106 4122 4123 4143 4152 4153 4157 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow with a mound of irregularly laminated earth and clay, with an outer ring of chalk rubble probably the remnant of a chalk covering. Centrally beneath the mound was grave pit refilled with chalk rubble after the interment. The mound was of dark earthy material containing frequent fragments and stains of charcoal, Early to Middle Bronze Age cinerary urn sherds and occasional flint flakes; the whole resembled occupation area debris from a hut floor.

The grave was a well cut oval pit 1.5m x 0.9m x 0.9m deep, oriented NW/SE. The burial was on the floor of the pit, its area defined by 4 wooden planks 15cm wide and 6cm thick set on edge. The interment was an oval mass of cremated bone washed clean of charcoal, with on the northern side among the bones a bronze awl with traces of a wooden handle adhering to the tang. To the east of this lay a bronze riveted dagger with its point to east, between two sheets of bark, probably elm, and on both sides retaining traces of a woven cloth wrapping beneath the bark. The bark was not a scabbard. There was no trace of a handle, odd as the bark itself was excellently preserved. The remains were those of a slightly built male c25.

Remains/Period Y4

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 400

Y coordinate 880

Bibliographic source Grinsell 1936a, 1939b, Piggott 1939

Query

Site name	Pewit Farm, Charlton Down
Site number	990
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4101 4106 4122 4123 4143 4152 4153 4157 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow with a mound of irregularly laminated earth and clay, with an outer ring of chalk rubble probably the remnant of a chalk covering. Centrally beneath the mound was grave pit refilled with chalk rubble after the interment. The mound was of dark earthy material containing frequent fragments and stains of charcoal, Early to Middle Bronze Age cinerary urn sherds and occasional flint flakes; the whole resembled occupation area debris from a hut floor. The grave was a well cut oval pit 1.5m x 0.9m x 0.9m deep, oriented NW/SE. The burial was on the floor of the pit, its area defined by 4 wooden planks 15cm wide and 6cm thick set on edge. The interment was an oval mass of cremated bone washed clean of charcoal, with on the northern side among the bones a bronze awl with traces of a wooden handle adhering to the tang. To the east of this lay a bronze riveted dagger with its point to east, between two sheets of bark, probably elm, and on both sides retaining traces of a woven cloth wrapping beneath the bark. The bark was not a scabbard. There was no trace of a handle, odd as the bark itself was excellently preserved. The remains were those of a slightly built male c25.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	400
Y coordinate	880
Bibliographic source	Grinsell 1936a, 1939b, Piggott 1939