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 29, Rolleston Field

Site number 493

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4162 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A possible bowl barrow much damaged by bulldozing, covering a central pit which contained a cremation possibly in an organic container covered by 'dark earth'. To the west was a hollow filled with fine earth containing cremated bone, a possible secondary or satellite burial.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 92

Y coordinate 441

Bibliographic source Green and Rollo-Smith 1984

Query

Site name	Shrewton 29, Rolleston Field
Site number	493
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4162 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A possible bowl barrow much damaged by bulldozing, covering a central pit which contained a cremation possibly in an organic container covered by 'dark earth'. To the west was a hollow filled with fine earth containing cremated bone, a possible secondary or satellite burial.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	92
Y coordinate	441
Bibliographic source	Green and Rollo-Smith 1984