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Site name Codford St Mary 4, Lamb Down

Site number 239

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A ditchless bowl barrow. Immediately south west of the barrow centre a cremation had taken place in situ as a red and black scorched area showed (1.8m x 2.4m). A few fragments of cremated bone remained in the thin layer. A central robbing hole had been dug down to the natural chalk. The barrow had been much disturbed by more recent animal burials, and even earlier incursions.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 990

Y coordinate 391

Bibliographic source Vatcher 1963

Query

Site name	Codford St Mary 4, Lamb Down
Site number	239
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A ditchless bowl barrow. Immediately south west of the barrow centre a cremation had taken place in situ as a red and black scorched area showed (1.8m x 2.4m). A few fragments of cremated bone remained in the thin layer. A central robbing hole had been dug down to the natural chalk. The barrow had been much disturbed by more recent animal burials, and even earlier incursions.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	990
Y coordinate	391
Bibliographic source	Vatcher 1963