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Site name Bower Chalke 11, Marleycombe Hill Group

Site number 521

Burial codes 3005 3007 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bowl barrow with clay and flint mound, built on an old occupation floor of uncertain date. There was no central interment. 1.5m to the south south east of centre was a basin shaped pit containing an inverted barrel urn with ashes and cremated bone of 'a slender adult', but no grave goods. Close to it to the west was a smaller pit containing a few burnt bones and ashes.

Remains/Period Y3

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 24

Y coordinate 225

Bibliographic source Clay 1927b

Query

Site name	Bower Chalke 11, Marleycombe Hill Group
Site number	521
Burial codes	3005 3007 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bowl barrow with clay and flint mound, built on an old occupation floor of uncertain date. There was no central interment. 1.5m to the south south east of centre was a basin shaped pit containing an inverted barrel urn with ashes and cremated bone of 'a slender adult', but no grave goods. Close to it to the west was a smaller pit containing a few burnt bones and ashes.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	24
Y coordinate	225
Bibliographic source	Clay 1927b