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 Shrewton 5i, Net Down

Site number 485

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4046 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4102 4111 4112 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow covering a pit just off centre dug through the old turf line, 0.9m wide x 0.9m deep, and bottle shaped in section. An adult female cremation and the ashes were poured into the pit, turf filling the remaining space and chalk upcast being returned to make a chalk cairn cap. A second pit to the south west was filled with mixed earth, chalk and turf. There were discarded antler picks in the ditch fill.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 89

Y coordinate 448

Bibliographic source Green and Rollo-Smith 1984

Query

Site name	Shrewton 5i, Net Down
Site number	485
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4046 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4102 4111 4112 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow covering a pit just off centre dug through the old turf line, 0.9m wide x 0.9m deep, and bottle shaped in section. An adult female cremation and the ashes were poured into the pit, turf filling the remaining space and chalk upcast being returned to make a chalk cairn cap. A second pit to the south west was filled with mixed earth, chalk and turf. There were discarded antler picks in the ditch fill.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	89
Y coordinate	448
Bibliographic source	Green and Rollo-Smith 1984