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 Shottesbrooke, Near Littlefield Green

Site number 133

Burial codes 5001 5006 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5041 5048 5051 5053 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5104 5111 5129 5143 5153 5181

3500bc - 2500bc A pit containing a thin layer of charcoal, ash and minute scraps of calcined bone including a possible human skull fragment. The filling included 4 flint flakes, 2 cores, and 4 sherds probably of Neolithic date. There were 2 other pits with traces of burning seen nearby.

Remains/Period Y5

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 852

Y coordinate 767

Bibliographic source Anon 1964

Query

Site name	Shottesbrooke, Near Littlefield Green
Site number	133
Burial codes	5001 5006 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5041 5048 5051 5053 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5104 5111 5129 5143 5153 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	A pit containing a thin layer of charcoal, ash and minute scraps of calcined bone including a possible human skull fragment. The filling included 4 flint flakes, 2 cores, and 4 sherds probably of Neolithic date. There were 2 other pits with traces of burning seen nearby.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	852
Y coordinate	767
Bibliographic source	Anon 1964