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Pewsey 6 (Grinsell)
Hob Uid: 918612
Location : Wiltshire Pewsey
Grid Ref : SU1870056640
Summary : A bowl barrow which may have been the barrow excavated by Colt Hoare who located a primary cremation accompanied by grave goods
More information : SU 18705664: Pewsey 6, a bowl barrow 20 paces in diameter, 1.5 ft high. Probably the barrow opened by Colt Hoare who found a primary cremation with a bronze awl, two shale beads, part of a small cup and deposits of ash nearby (See also SU 15 NE 90 and SU 15 NE 94) (1-2) Excavated in 1958 and found to be a ditchless bowl barrow with no remains of a burial, although a large quantity of charcoal was found on the Old Land Surface beneath the centre of the mound. (3) Found as described by Grinsell. Surveyed at 1:2500 (4) Originally recorded as Pewsey 6 by Goddard. (5)

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Source details : VCH Wilts. 1, 1957. 187 (L.V Grinsell)
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : History of Ancient South Wilts. 1. 1810. 191 (R.Colt Hoare)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Wilts. Archaeol. Natur. Hist. Mag. 57. 1958-60, 231, 339-351 (F. de Mallet Vatcher)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : F1 JWS 27-MAR-73
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Wilts. Archaeol. Natur. Hist. Mag. 38. 1913-14, 306-7 (E.H Goddard)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Cremation
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Components and Objects:

Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Cremation
Object Type : AWL, BEAD, VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 15 NE 93
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