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 Coberley Ia, Dry Heathfield, Barrow Piece

Site number 33

Burial codes 5005 5009 5021 5024 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5046 5048 5051 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5103 5110 5111 5128 5143 5152 5156 5181

3500bc - 2500bc A round barrow containing a stone chamber or cist oriented E, 1.8m x 0.6m x 0.6m deep, which held human skeletal material of at least 7 persons of all ages and both sexes. Marks of cremation were found outside the chamber of the cist. 4 skeletons were above the grave, extended in the drawing but described as contracted in the text.

2500bc-14/1300bc Possible overlap site with 3500-2500.

Remains/Period Y5 Y4

County Gloucestershire

Region SW

National grid square SO

X coordinate 935

Y coordinate 171

Bibliographic source Bird 1877, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960, Kinnes 1979

Query

Site name	Coberley Ia, Dry Heathfield, Barrow Piece
Site number	33
Burial codes	5005 5009 5021 5024 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5046 5048 5051 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5103 5110 5111 5128 5143 5152 5156 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	A round barrow containing a stone chamber or cist oriented E, 1.8m x 0.6m x 0.6m deep, which held human skeletal material of at least 7 persons of all ages and both sexes. Marks of cremation were found outside the chamber of the cist. 4 skeletons were above the grave, extended in the drawing but described as contracted in the text.
2500bc-14/1300bc	Possible overlap site with 3500-2500.
Remains/Period	Y5 Y4
County	Gloucestershire
Region	SW
National grid square	SO
X coordinate	935
Y coordinate	171
Bibliographic source	Bird 1877, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960, Kinnes 1979