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Site name Church Hill Chalk Pit, Brighton

Site number 1083

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4108 4111 4129 4143 4153 4166 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A flat grave square in shape and 2.1m deep in the chalk containing two skeletons in a sitting posture, one of a child and one an adult, each accompanied by a B Beaker placed above the skull. The child had the smaller of the two vessels.

Remains/Period Y4

County Sussex

Region SE

National grid square TQ

X coordinate 310

Y coordinate 40

Bibliographic source Curwen and Curwen 1935, Musson 1954

Query

Site name	Church Hill Chalk Pit, Brighton
Site number	1083
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4108 4111 4129 4143 4153 4166 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A flat grave square in shape and 2.1m deep in the chalk containing two skeletons in a sitting posture, one of a child and one an adult, each accompanied by a B Beaker placed above the skull. The child had the smaller of the two vessels.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Sussex
Region	SE
National grid square	TQ
X coordinate	310
Y coordinate	40
Bibliographic source	Curwen and Curwen 1935, Musson 1954