Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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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 Whitestaunton 1, Northay A

Site number 310

Burial codes 3005 3009 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3156 3161 3173 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc Round barrow with inner stone ring encircling a cist containing some ashes. A large rock was set up on the east side around which were grouped 'a great number of sepulchral urns inverted and standing on square tiles of lighter clay'.

Remains/Period Y3

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 281

Y coordinate 115

Bibliographic source Elton 1882, Grinsell 1969

Query

Site name	Whitestaunton 1, Northay A
Site number	310
Burial codes	3005 3009 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3156 3161 3173 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	Round barrow with inner stone ring encircling a cist containing some ashes. A large rock was set up on the east side around which were grouped 'a great number of sepulchral urns inverted and standing on square tiles of lighter clay'.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	281
Y coordinate	115
Bibliographic source	Elton 1882, Grinsell 1969