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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 Swell 5, Cow Common (W)

Site number 364

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4101 4111 4112 4128 4152 4153 4160 4162 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow with a primary cremation of an adult, probably male with an unburnt bone pin 14cm long on top of the burnt bones. The interment had been made in a shallow pit cut into the remains of a pyre. The pin may have fastened a cloth in which the bones had been wrapped.

Remains/Period Y4

County Gloucestershire

Region SW

National grid square SP

X coordinate 132

Y coordinate 264

Bibliographic source Greenwell 1877, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960, Darvill and Grinsell 1989

Query

Site name	Swell 5, Cow Common (W)
Site number	364
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4101 4111 4112 4128 4152 4153 4160 4162 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A round barrow with a primary cremation of an adult, probably male with an unburnt bone pin 14cm long on top of the burnt bones. The interment had been made in a shallow pit cut into the remains of a pyre. The pin may have fastened a cloth in which the bones had been wrapped.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Gloucestershire
Region	SW
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	132
Y coordinate	264
Bibliographic source	Greenwell 1877, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960, Darvill and Grinsell 1989