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 Barton Hill Farm, Site 2

Site number 126

Burial codes 5001 5006 5007 5021 5023 5025 5027 5030 5035 5042 5046 5052 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5102 5111 5112 5128 5143 5153 5181

3500bc - 2500bc A chain of intersecting pits and beside them an oval grave containing a crouched female burial. 40 large flints were rammed on top. There was a large post hole at the grave head. Pottery was Middle Neolithic and of the same type as Barton Hill Farm Site 1 (Site 125).

Remains/Period Y5

County Bedfordshire

Region SE

National grid square TL

X coordinate 93

Y coordinate 282

Bibliographic source Dyer 1959, 1962, Kinnes 1979

Query

Site name	Barton Hill Farm, Site 2
Site number	126
Burial codes	5001 5006 5007 5021 5023 5025 5027 5030 5035 5042 5046 5052 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5102 5111 5112 5128 5143 5153 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	A chain of intersecting pits and beside them an oval grave containing a crouched female burial. 40 large flints were rammed on top. There was a large post hole at the grave head. Pottery was Middle Neolithic and of the same type as Barton Hill Farm Site 1 (Site 125).
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Bedfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	TL
X coordinate	93
Y coordinate	282
Bibliographic source	Dyer 1959, 1962, Kinnes 1979