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Site name Swell 3, Cow Common (W)

Site number 361

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4102 4104 4108 4110 4111 4121 4128 4143 4151 4152 4160 4171 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow with an earth core and a crust of stones. Several ox bones were found in the mound material. There was a central primary cremation of a person c17 or less, burnt on the spot, with a bone pin probably burnt in the pyre. There was the secondary cremation of an adult (possibly female), surrounded by flagstones, 3.2m WNW of the centre.

Remains/Period Y4

County Gloucestershire

Region SW

National grid square SP

X coordinate 132

Y coordinate 263

Bibliographic source Greenwell 1877, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960

Query

Site name	Swell 3, Cow Common (W)
Site number	361
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4102 4104 4108 4110 4111 4121 4128 4143 4151 4152 4160 4171 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A round barrow with an earth core and a crust of stones. Several ox bones were found in the mound material. There was a central primary cremation of a person c17 or less, burnt on the spot, with a bone pin probably burnt in the pyre. There was the secondary cremation of an adult (possibly female), surrounded by flagstones, 3.2m WNW of the centre.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Gloucestershire
Region	SW
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	132
Y coordinate	263
Bibliographic source	Greenwell 1877, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960