Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Ring Ditch C, Heron's House, Burghfield

Site number 1000

Burial codes 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4053 4085 4143 4153 4184 4200

2500bc-14/1300bc A ring ditch with as F3 a circular scoop cut into the ditch filling, and at the base the majority of a bucket urn and a quantity of associated charcoal but no human remains.

RC: from charcoal HAR-2754 1110 +/- 100, from underlying clearance horizon HAR-2749 1090 +/- 90

Remains/Period N4

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 665

Y coordinate 701

Bibliographic source Bradley and Richards 1979-80

Query

Site name	Ring Ditch C, Heron's House, Burghfield
Site number	1000
Burial codes	4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4053 4085 4143 4153 4184 4200
2500bc-14/1300bc	A ring ditch with as F3 a circular scoop cut into the ditch filling, and at the base the majority of a bucket urn and a quantity of associated charcoal but no human remains. RC: from charcoal HAR-2754 1110 +/- 100, from underlying clearance horizon HAR-2749 1090 +/- 90
Remains/Period	N4
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	665
Y coordinate	701
Bibliographic source	Bradley and Richards 1979-80