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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 Aldbourne 7, Sugar Hill Down

Site number 526

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4112 4124 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with an earth and chalk mound in the lower part of which was much charcoal, burnt earth and some burnt stone. At the centre was a small oval grave oriented WNW/ESE containing an adult cremation and an unburnt flint flake.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 244

Y coordinate 782

Bibliographic source Greenwell 1880, Goddard 1913

Query

Site name	Aldbourne 7, Sugar Hill Down
Site number	526
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4112 4124 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with an earth and chalk mound in the lower part of which was much charcoal, burnt earth and some burnt stone. At the centre was a small oval grave oriented WNW/ESE containing an adult cremation and an unburnt flint flake.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	244
Y coordinate	782
Bibliographic source	Greenwell 1880, Goddard 1913