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 Dorchester-on-Thames, Site VII

Site number 1045

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4083 4091 4098 4104 4111 4122 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow with ditch, and in the central area three pits, one empty, one containing an unaccompanied cremation, the third containing a cremation with a burnt bronze awl. A small overhanging rim urn stood on a narrow shelf cut at the edge of the pit, and was empty.

Remains/Period Y4

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 570

Y coordinate 958

Bibliographic source Atkinson 1951a, Atkinson, Piggott and Sanders 1951

Query

Site name	Dorchester-on-Thames, Site VII
Site number	1045
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4083 4091 4098 4104 4111 4122 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow with ditch, and in the central area three pits, one empty, one containing an unaccompanied cremation, the third containing a cremation with a burnt bronze awl. A small overhanging rim urn stood on a narrow shelf cut at the edge of the pit, and was empty.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	570
Y coordinate	958
Bibliographic source	Atkinson 1951a, Atkinson, Piggott and Sanders 1951