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Description:  A Bronze Age saucer barrow, listed by Grinsell as Durrington 13 and part of the barrow group recorded as SU 14 SW 71. Excavated in the early 19th century by Colt Hoare, who located a possible primary cremation in an urn, a secondary cremation in an urn, and, higher in the barrow mound, the skeleton of a child. The barrow is extant as an earthwork mound 1 metre high and 32 metres in diameter, with ditch and outer bank.

Country:  ENGLAND

County:  WILTSHIRE

District:  SALISBURY

Parish:  DURRINGTON

Grid Reference:   SU11784411

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 411780, 144110

Period:  BRONZE AGE

Subject:  CREMATION, EARTHWORK, INHUMATION, SAUCER BARROW, SUB SURFACE DEPOSIT, VESSEL

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Depositor Id: SU 14 SW 415
[ADS] Import RCN: NMR_NATINV-939091

People Involved: 
[Publisher] Historic England