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Site name Kilmington 2a, Whitesheet Downs

Site number 583

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4072 4084 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with an empty pit quite clean of remains or grave goods; and an inhumation of a skeleton on its left side, head to NE, with an A Beaker at its feet. The inhumation was close to the modern surface.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 801

Y coordinate 351

Bibliographic source Hoare 1812

Query

Site name	Kilmington 2a, Whitesheet Downs
Site number	583
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4072 4084 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with an empty pit quite clean of remains or grave goods; and an inhumation of a skeleton on its left side, head to NE, with an A Beaker at its feet. The inhumation was close to the modern surface.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	801
Y coordinate	351
Bibliographic source	Hoare 1812