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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 Hampnett 3, Burn Ground

Site number 351

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4101 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow, the cairn without a kerb, but defined by a ring of stones. A shallow secondary cremation pit in the north east quadrant contained burnt bones of one adult male, and charcoal. The central deposit had been disturbed, leaving some fragments of cremated bone.

Remains/Period Y4

County Gloucestershire

Region SW

National grid square SP

X coordinate 85

Y coordinate 161

Bibliographic source Grimes 1960a, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960

Query

Site name	Hampnett 3, Burn Ground
Site number	351
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4101 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A round barrow, the cairn without a kerb, but defined by a ring of stones. A shallow secondary cremation pit in the north east quadrant contained burnt bones of one adult male, and charcoal. The central deposit had been disturbed, leaving some fragments of cremated bone.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Gloucestershire
Region	SW
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	85
Y coordinate	161
Bibliographic source	Grimes 1960a, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960