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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 Basingstoke

Site number 1341

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4077 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4123 4124 4143 4152 4153 4157 4162 4166 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow encircled by a chalk cut ditch, the mound comprising a central flint cairn enveloped in a turf stack, and capped with chalk rubble. Under the mound was a circle of stake holes c10m in diameter with posts at some cardinal points. An avenue of stakes led to the primary burial, a central pit containing an unurned cremation with struck flint flakes. Also in the centre was a shaft grave cut 1.5m deep into the chalk with a coffin, possibly of wickerwork, at the bottom. The coffin was c1.5m x 0.5m and contained a bag with a lightly cremated body and a finely carved Wessex bone belt hook.

Remains/Period Y4

County Hampshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 609

Y coordinate 511

Bibliographic source Robertson-Mackay 1964

Query

Site name	Basingstoke
Site number	1341
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4077 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4123 4124 4143 4152 4153 4157 4162 4166 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow encircled by a chalk cut ditch, the mound comprising a central flint cairn enveloped in a turf stack, and capped with chalk rubble. Under the mound was a circle of stake holes c10m in diameter with posts at some cardinal points. An avenue of stakes led to the primary burial, a central pit containing an unurned cremation with struck flint flakes. Also in the centre was a shaft grave cut 1.5m deep into the chalk with a coffin, possibly of wickerwork, at the bottom. The coffin was c1.5m x 0.5m and contained a bag with a lightly cremated body and a finely carved Wessex bone belt hook.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Hampshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	609
Y coordinate	511
Bibliographic source	Robertson-Mackay 1964