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Site name Westbury 7, Dilton Middle Down

Site number 570

Burial codes 5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5035 5042 5047 5051 5065 5075 5084 5098 5104 5111 5128 5143 5152 5171 5181

3500bc - 2500bc A bowl barrow with causewayed or interrupted ditch, 'its interior corresponding in great measure with the long barrows' (Hoare 1812, 54). Among several large sarsens and flints there were 7-8 inhumations, disarticulated, lying in no order, and unaccompanied by grave goods. They were covered by excavated ditch material.

Remains/Period Y5

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 885

Y coordinate 495

Bibliographic source Hoare 1812, Kinnes 1979

Query

Site name	Westbury 7, Dilton Middle Down
Site number	570
Burial codes	5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5035 5042 5047 5051 5065 5075 5084 5098 5104 5111 5128 5143 5152 5171 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	A bowl barrow with causewayed or interrupted ditch, 'its interior corresponding in great measure with the long barrows' (Hoare 1812, 54). Among several large sarsens and flints there were 7-8 inhumations, disarticulated, lying in no order, and unaccompanied by grave goods. They were covered by excavated ditch material.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	885
Y coordinate	495
Bibliographic source	Hoare 1812, Kinnes 1979