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Site name Durrington 68, Woodhenge Group

Site number 410

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4046 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow with no sign of interment at or near the centre. A primary or subsequent primary (?)crouched skeleton was near the inner edge of the ditch at the south west. In the south west portion were many holes, one of which contained a (?)secondary cremation. The structure in this area comprised an oval or subrectangular setting of at least 27 shallow post holes aligned NW/SE, with a gap at the SE. The ring ditch had destroyed the south west line of holes. Within this structure were 4 postholes forming a square setting, the whole group considered to be Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age from associated pottery sherds, and predating the barrow as a 'timber circle'.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 151

Y coordinate 433

Bibliographic source Cunnington M E 1929, Grinsell 1957a, Pollard 1995a

Query

Site name	Durrington 68, Woodhenge Group
Site number	410
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4046 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A round barrow with no sign of interment at or near the centre. A primary or subsequent primary (?)crouched skeleton was near the inner edge of the ditch at the south west. In the south west portion were many holes, one of which contained a (?)secondary cremation. The structure in this area comprised an oval or subrectangular setting of at least 27 shallow post holes aligned NW/SE, with a gap at the SE. The ring ditch had destroyed the south west line of holes. Within this structure were 4 postholes forming a square setting, the whole group considered to be Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age from associated pottery sherds, and predating the barrow as a 'timber circle'.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	151
Y coordinate	433
Bibliographic source	Cunnington M E 1929, Grinsell 1957a, Pollard 1995a