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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 Heywood

Site number 1330

Burial codes 1002 1006 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1036 1042 1045 1051 1065 1075 1084 1091 1098 1104 1111 1125 1127 1131 1166 1181

100bc-AD43 A shaft of no recorded dimensions, containing a considerable quantity of potsherds, a cow skull, a horse skull, and parts of 4 human skulls. [Probably Iron Age according to Wait].

Remains/Period Y1

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 870

Y coordinate 530

Bibliographic source Grinsell 1957a, Ross 1968, Wait 1985

Query

Site name	Heywood
Site number	1330
Burial codes	1002 1006 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1036 1042 1045 1051 1065 1075 1084 1091 1098 1104 1111 1125 1127 1131 1166 1181
100bc-AD43	A shaft of no recorded dimensions, containing a considerable quantity of potsherds, a cow skull, a horse skull, and parts of 4 human skulls. [Probably Iron Age according to Wait].
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	870
Y coordinate	530
Bibliographic source	Grinsell 1957a, Ross 1968, Wait 1985