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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 Hoveringham Gravel Pit, Bray

Site number 130

Burial codes 5001 5006 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5036 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5104 5111 5123 5127 5143 5153 5181

3500bc - 2500bc A pit burial. At the top of a black layer, beneath 1.2-1.5m of alluvium, was a fine Neolithic antler comb close to a human skull cap and a broken femur. Possibly associated part of an occipital bone and some Windmill Hill style potsherds were found in the debris beneath the mechanical screening plant of the gravel pit.

Remains/Period Y5

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 916

Y coordinate 785

Bibliographic source Anon 1964, Kinnes 1979

Query

Site name	Hoveringham Gravel Pit, Bray
Site number	130
Burial codes	5001 5006 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5036 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5104 5111 5123 5127 5143 5153 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	A pit burial. At the top of a black layer, beneath 1.2-1.5m of alluvium, was a fine Neolithic antler comb close to a human skull cap and a broken femur. Possibly associated part of an occipital bone and some Windmill Hill style potsherds were found in the debris beneath the mechanical screening plant of the gravel pit.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	916
Y coordinate	785
Bibliographic source	Anon 1964, Kinnes 1979