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DZSWS:STHEAD.111
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1 bronze dagger (class 2) with five rivets, four grooves either side of a central ridge and the remains of a wooden handle and sheath adhereing to the blade, found with a primary cremation in a wooden box in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G56, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.111a
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1 bone tweezers (one side missing) perforated through centre from top, found with a primary cremation in a wooden box in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G56, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.148
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1 bronze flanged axehead with traces of coarse cloth visible on the blade, found with a primary male inhumation (near the shoulders) in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G5, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.149
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1 gold lozenge-shaped breast plate made of thin gold covering a wooden plaque and decorated with four nested lozenge-shaped bands of four engraved lines each, the central one of which contains a chequered design with a zigzag design between the outer two bands, perforated at both ends, found with a primary male inhumation (over chest) in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G5, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.150
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1 polished oval macehead of limestone containing the fossil stromatoporoid, perforated through the middle and containing traces of bronze, found with a primary male inhumation (by right side and possibly forming a sceptre) in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G5, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.151
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1 miniature gold lozenge-shaped ornament decorated with three nested lozenge-shaped lines (engraved), found with a primary male inhumation (by right side) in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G5, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.152
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1 bone end mound (possibly for a wooden sceptre) with 6 projecting points, found with a primary male inhumation (by right side) in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G5, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.152, 152a, 161
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3 bone end mounts for the handle of the mace (STHEAD 150) or a separate object such as a baton or sceptre, each cut with projecting points in a zigzag formation, found with a primary male inhumation (by right side) in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G5, excavated by William Cunnington.. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.152a
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1 bone end mound (possibly for a wooden sceptre) with 1 projecting point (the rest being broken), found with a primary male inhumation (by right side) in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G5, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.155
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1 copper dagger (Amorico British Class 1a) with a small tang, six rivets and parts of a wooden sheath adhering to the blade (originally with a handle inset with thousands of gold pins), found with a primary male inhumation (near right arm) in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G5, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.156
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1 gold belt hook decorated with four nested rectangular bands of three engraved lines, found with a primary male inhumation (near right arm) in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G5, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.157
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9 wooden fragments of dagger haft containing an inlay of minute gold pins, 1mm long, originally forming a zig-zag pattern (destroyed en-route to Stourhead) found with primary male inhumation in bowl barrow Wilsford G5, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.157a
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Hundreds of minute gold pins (1mm long) from inlaid dagger handle originally forming a zig-zag pattern (destroyed en-route to Stourhead) found with primary male inhumation in bowl barrow Wilsford G5, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.159
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1 bronze dagger (the largest found in Wiltshire) with 6 rivet holes (three remaining) and parts of a wooden sheath adhereing to the blade, decorated with a rounded ridge, found with a primary male inhumation (near right arm) in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G5, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.161
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Fragments of two cylindrical bone mounts cut into sharply pointed zigzags (possibly mountings for a wooden sceptre), found with a primary male inhumation (by right side) in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G5, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.162
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33 small bronze rivets, 1 large rivet, a small bronze hook and 4 fragments of wood with a bronze fragment attached (possibly part of a shield or helmet), found with a primary male inhumation (near head) in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G5, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.165
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1 flat bronze knife dagger with three rivet holes, bevelled edges and slightly hollows on either side of the centre, found with a primary cremation in a wooden box in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G56, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.167
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1 bronze flanged chisel or axe found inserted into a bone handle with a primary inhumation in Bell Barrow Wilsford G58, excavated by William Cunnington.. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.168
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1 bronze flesh hook with an oblong hole in the centre (around which are two incised hatched patterns - one on both sides, common in the Bronze Age) to which three round links of a chain are fastened on the prong side and from which a small flat tang protrudes on the outside, pierced with three holes for attaching it to a handle (possibly from a wooden cauldron), found with a primary or secondary (not found) inhumation in Bell Barrow Wilsford G58, excavated by William Cunnington.. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.168a
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1 oval greenstone battle-axe, perforated through middle, found with a primary inhumation in Bell Barrow Wilsford G58, excavated by William Cunnington.. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.169
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1 worked bone tube found with a primary inhumation in Bell Barrow Wilsford G58, excavated by William Cunnington.. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.170
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1 boar tusk found with a primary inhumation in Bell Barrow Wilsford G58, excavated by William Cunnington.. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.171
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1 bone handle for a bronze flanged chisel (STHEAD 167) found with a primary inhumation in Bell Barrow Wilsford G58, excavated by William Cunnington.. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.172a
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1 grooved whetstone or shaft smoother of forest marble (the underside rounded), found with a primary inhumation in Bell Barrow Wilsford G58, excavated by William Cunnington.. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.173b
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1 barbed and tanged arrowhead found with a primary crouched inhumation in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G54 (G50c according to Grinsell), excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.174
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1 bone ring-headed pin (coloured green, presumably from contact with the bronze dagger) found with a primary cremation in a wooden box in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G56, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.181b
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1 bone plate made of rib bone, with perforations through each end, found with a primary inhumation in Bell Barrow Wilsford G58, excavated by William Cunnington.. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.188b
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2 amber pendant beads and one fragment found with a primary (?) inhumation in bowl barrow Wilsford G50a, excavated by Rev. Edward Duke.. |
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DZSWS:STHEAD.246
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1 Long Necked Beaker covered with rough vertical lines of incisions interspersed with diagonal fingernail impressions, found with a primary inhumation of a child in Bowl Barrow Wilsford G51, excavated by William Cunnington. |
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