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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 Kingston Deverill 1, Cold Kitchen Hill

Site number 81

Burial codes 5005 5021 5024 5025 5028 5030 5032 5036 5052 5053 5065 5142 5152 5167 5184

3500bc - 2500bc An oval barrow aligned EW. Slight evidence for a mortuary chamber at the east end of the mound, but any contents had been destroyed by ploughing. A timber facade at the east end of the mound might have been joined with the 'mortuary chamber' to form a hexagonal setting of six posts. Two continuous flanking ditches on the north and south sides had been dug as linked pits. The north ditch contained a large deposit of cattle bones in the initial weathering fill, and the south ditch east terminal a collection of 37 pieces of flint from a single flint nodule. Eleven antler pieces were found in the primary ditch rubble. Pottery of the Beaker to post Medieval periods was found in disturbed contexts. No burials were recorded.

Remains/Period N5

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 849

Y coordinate 380

Bibliographic source Grinsell 1957a, Anon 1965, Harding and Gingell 1986

Query

Site name	Kingston Deverill 1, Cold Kitchen Hill
Site number	81
Burial codes	5005 5021 5024 5025 5028 5030 5032 5036 5052 5053 5065 5142 5152 5167 5184
3500bc - 2500bc	An oval barrow aligned EW. Slight evidence for a mortuary chamber at the east end of the mound, but any contents had been destroyed by ploughing. A timber facade at the east end of the mound might have been joined with the 'mortuary chamber' to form a hexagonal setting of six posts. Two continuous flanking ditches on the north and south sides had been dug as linked pits. The north ditch contained a large deposit of cattle bones in the initial weathering fill, and the south ditch east terminal a collection of 37 pieces of flint from a single flint nodule. Eleven antler pieces were found in the primary ditch rubble. Pottery of the Beaker to post Medieval periods was found in disturbed contexts. No burials were recorded.
Remains/Period	N5
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	849
Y coordinate	380
Bibliographic source	Grinsell 1957a, Anon 1965, Harding and Gingell 1986