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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 Eastern Barrow, Slonk Hill, Shoreham

Site number 1156

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4108 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A much disturbed barrow covering two undisturbed scoops containing cremation burials, the first a few burnt bone fragments with a little charcoal, the second burnt bone fragments possibly of a child, and sooty soil. The disturbed areas contained fragments of a collared urn, and the remains of an inhumation burial.

Remains/Period Y4

County Sussex

Region SE

National grid square TQ

X coordinate 220

Y coordinate 60

Bibliographic source Hartridge 1978

Query

Site name	Eastern Barrow, Slonk Hill, Shoreham
Site number	1156
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4108 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A much disturbed barrow covering two undisturbed scoops containing cremation burials, the first a few burnt bone fragments with a little charcoal, the second burnt bone fragments possibly of a child, and sooty soil. The disturbed areas contained fragments of a collared urn, and the remains of an inhumation burial.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Sussex
Region	SE
National grid square	TQ
X coordinate	220
Y coordinate	60
Bibliographic source	Hartridge 1978