Copy of a labelled plan of the burial chambers of West Kennet Long Barrow, showing the primary burials

Date:
1956
Location:
West Kennet Long Barrow, Avebury, Wiltshire
Reference:
MP/WKN0029
Type:
Measured Drawing
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Description

The stones are numbered on the plan, as are the skeletal remains. The original drawing was signed 'S.P. 1956'. This refers to the archaeologist Stuart Piggott, who, along with Professor RJC Atkinson, excavated the site in 1955-56.

Content

This is part of the Volume: PF/WKN West Kennet Long Barrow, Wiltshire; within the Series: EHC01/022 English Heritage Plans And Measured Drawings; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

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People & Organisations

Illustrator: Piggott, Stuart Ernest

Keywords

Neolithic Chambered Long Barrow