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Site name Collingbourne Ducis 21c, Leckford Bridge

Site number 544

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with a central deposit of burnt human bones and charcoal among which was a perfect pierced bone pin. The mound contained portions of the skull and curved bony cores of the horns of a small (?)bos longifrons.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 242

Y coordinate 520

Bibliographic source Lukis 1867

Query

Site name	Collingbourne Ducis 21c, Leckford Bridge
Site number	544
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with a central deposit of burnt human bones and charcoal among which was a perfect pierced bone pin. The mound contained portions of the skull and curved bony cores of the horns of a small (?)bos longifrons.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	242
Y coordinate	520
Bibliographic source	Lukis 1867