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Site name Winterbourne Steepleton 51, Cowleaze B/C

Site number 953

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4103 4104 4105 4111 4121 4122 4123 4129 4143 4152 4153 4154 4161 4181 4200

2500bc-14/1300bc A small bowl barrow (B) and an adjacent sub-circular enclosure (C) (a saucer barrow?) within a Bronze Age field system boundary. Probably the structures were set on old plough soil from Late Neolithic sherds found, and were roughly contemporary. In the base of the ditch of B in the south west quadrant were 4 tapering post holes.

There were 5 contemporary cremations in the two monuments.

No 1 was outside the B ditch to the south east and comprised a cremation with a barbed and tanged arrowhead.

No 2 was within the B berm south east of the mound, and comprised a cremation of a probable young male adult with a jet toggle and bronze awl.

No 3 was just west of the C centre, and comprised a cremation of an adult with amber and jet or shale beads, and buttons, covered by a stone cairn.

No 4 was just north east of the C centre, and comprised a cremation of an older female with a bronze dagger of Snowshill-Camerton type.

No 5 was further east of No 4 (3-5 were in a line), and comprised a cremation of an adult with a whetstone.

A small bronze knife dagger was found redeposited in a pit in B, and may have come from a disturbed primary deposit of a cremation in a biconical urn.

RC: from B ditch HAR-5617 1440 +/-100, B ditch HAR-5622 1460 +/-80, B ditch HAR-5618 1160 +/-90, from B No 1 HAR-5619 2130 +/-140, from B No 2 HAR-5620 1170 +/-120

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 613

Y coordinate 890

Bibliographic source Woodward 1982, 1991

Query

Site name	Winterbourne Steepleton 51, Cowleaze B/C
Site number	953
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4103 4104 4105 4111 4121 4122 4123 4129 4143 4152 4153 4154 4161 4181 4200
2500bc-14/1300bc	A small bowl barrow (B) and an adjacent sub-circular enclosure (C) (a saucer barrow?) within a Bronze Age field system boundary. Probably the structures were set on old plough soil from Late Neolithic sherds found, and were roughly contemporary. In the base of the ditch of B in the south west quadrant were 4 tapering post holes. There were 5 contemporary cremations in the two monuments. No 1 was outside the B ditch to the south east and comprised a cremation with a barbed and tanged arrowhead. No 2 was within the B berm south east of the mound, and comprised a cremation of a probable young male adult with a jet toggle and bronze awl. No 3 was just west of the C centre, and comprised a cremation of an adult with amber and jet or shale beads, and buttons, covered by a stone cairn. No 4 was just north east of the C centre, and comprised a cremation of an older female with a bronze dagger of Snowshill-Camerton type. No 5 was further east of No 4 (3-5 were in a line), and comprised a cremation of an adult with a whetstone. A small bronze knife dagger was found redeposited in a pit in B, and may have come from a disturbed primary deposit of a cremation in a biconical urn. RC: from B ditch HAR-5617 1440 +/-100, B ditch HAR-5622 1460 +/-80, B ditch HAR-5618 1160 +/-90, from B No 1 HAR-5619 2130 +/-140, from B No 2 HAR-5620 1170 +/-120
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	613
Y coordinate	890
Bibliographic source	Woodward 1982, 1991