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Site name Bishopstone (N) 3, Hinton Down

Site number 532

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4112 4123 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow set on an area stripped of its turf, whose mound comprised a turf layer 0.3m thick, under earth and chalk with a chalk capping. A central primary oval grave oriented NW/SE, measuring 1m x 0.6m x 0.3m deep contained an adult cremation. On top of the bones was a bronze dagger which had been in a wooden sheath, and with an ox horn handle. All around the grave on the barrow floor was a quantity of large tree branches in charcoal form.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 253

Y coordinate 800

Bibliographic source Greenwell 1880

Query

Site name	Bishopstone (N) 3, Hinton Down
Site number	532
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4112 4123 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow set on an area stripped of its turf, whose mound comprised a turf layer 0.3m thick, under earth and chalk with a chalk capping. A central primary oval grave oriented NW/SE, measuring 1m x 0.6m x 0.3m deep contained an adult cremation. On top of the bones was a bronze dagger which had been in a wooden sheath, and with an ox horn handle. All around the grave on the barrow floor was a quantity of large tree branches in charcoal form.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	253
Y coordinate	800
Bibliographic source	Greenwell 1880