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Site name Normanton Down

Site number 102

Burial codes 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5141 5142 5184 5200

3500bc - 2500bc A long mortuary enclosure, rectangular, with causewayed ditches, but no flint or pottery except a sherd of Mortlake. There were foundation trenches for an inner structure. No human skeletal material; some antler and animal bones.

RC: from antler in structure BM-505 2560 +/- 103

Remains/Period N5

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 115

Y coordinate 411

Bibliographic source Vatcher 1961

Query

Site name	Normanton Down
Site number	102
Burial codes	5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5141 5142 5184 5200
3500bc - 2500bc	A long mortuary enclosure, rectangular, with causewayed ditches, but no flint or pottery except a sherd of Mortlake. There were foundation trenches for an inner structure. No human skeletal material; some antler and animal bones. RC: from antler in structure BM-505 2560 +/- 103
Remains/Period	N5
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	115
Y coordinate	411
Bibliographic source	Vatcher 1961