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Site name Aldbourne 13

Site number 529

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4101 4111 4112 4121 4122 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with earth and chalk mound covering a central circular pit with the cremation of an adult male placed on the west side. Among the bones or on top were: a bone pin with perforated head, a bone (?)cloak fastener (both unburnt), a wrist guard (reworked but unfinished) and a pendant, both of fine grained stone and both burnt. The grave was covered by a chalk dome made from the excavated hole material. To the west of the grave was a 1.8m diameter burnt area with wood ash cover. There were ox bones in and around this area.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 243

Y coordinate 764

Bibliographic source Greenwell 1880, Goddard 1913

Query

Site name	Aldbourne 13
Site number	529
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4101 4111 4112 4121 4122 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with earth and chalk mound covering a central circular pit with the cremation of an adult male placed on the west side. Among the bones or on top were: a bone pin with perforated head, a bone (?)cloak fastener (both unburnt), a wrist guard (reworked but unfinished) and a pendant, both of fine grained stone and both burnt. The grave was covered by a chalk dome made from the excavated hole material. To the west of the grave was a 1.8m diameter burnt area with wood ash cover. There were ox bones in and around this area.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	243
Y coordinate	764
Bibliographic source	Greenwell 1880, Goddard 1913