Wiltshire and Swindon Sites and Monument Record Information

SMR Number

SU06NE150

Site Name

SE of Avebury Trusloe

Grid Ref

SU08896930

Parish

Avebury

Photographs

Images for Avebury (if available)

District

Kennet

Site Type

Burial

Period

Bronze Age

Finds

Human burial; Ceramics

X Y Grid Ref

408890, 169300

Altitude

160.02 metres

Geology

Lower Chalk

Description

Bronze Age burial excavated in 1911.

Details

A crouched skeleton with a B1 beaker was found in 1911 by the Cunningtons when raising one of the Long Stones.

World Heritage Site

Yes

Sources

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 38, p1-7

Devizes Museum Goddard Room Bk JJ 14 Goddard, Rev E H

Devizes Museum 451 Devizes Museum

Devizes Museum Cat3 20 No X112 1934 Cunnington, M E; Goddard, E H

Devizes Museum Cat4 No 119 1964 Annable, F K; Simpson, D D A

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