Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Wilsford (S) 64

Site number 643

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4122 4126 4129 4143 4152 4153 4154 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow containing a neat oval pit 0.6m deep with in it a cremation in a small pile, a small bronze scraper or chisel, a bone antler pin, and a bone ring. The pit was covered with a great pile of flints. Immediately over the pit was the skeleton of a dog.

Remains/Period Y4

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 119

Y coordinate 397

Bibliographic source Hoare 1812, Thomas 1954, Grinsell 1957a

Query

Site name	Wilsford (S) 64
Site number	643
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4122 4126 4129 4143 4152 4153 4154 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow containing a neat oval pit 0.6m deep with in it a cremation in a small pile, a small bronze scraper or chisel, a bone antler pin, and a bone ring. The pit was covered with a great pile of flints. Immediately over the pit was the skeleton of a dog.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	119
Y coordinate	397
Bibliographic source	Hoare 1812, Thomas 1954, Grinsell 1957a