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Bush Barrow
51.1705° N, -1.8348° E
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Bush Barrow is a site of the early British Bronze Age Wessex culture (c. 2000 BC), at the western end of the Normanton Down Barrows cemetery in Wiltshire, England. It is among the most important sites of the Stonehenge complex, having produced some of the most spectacular grave goods in Britain. It was excavated in 1808 by William Cunnington for Sir Richard Colt Hoare. The finds, including worked gold objects, are displayed at Wiltshire Museum in Devizes.
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Excavation by Cunnington
1808
Primary burial dated
c. 1950 BC
Wessex culture period
c. 2000 BC
Dagger hilt rediscovered
2005
Earlier knife evidence
c. 2400 BC
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