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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 South Parks Road, Oxford

Site number 1437

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A double concentric ring ditch with a central pit which appeared to have been burnt twice, and thoroughly cleaned out, and a possibly secondary cremation inserted. The pit may have been a pyre site used for successive cremations.

Remains/Period Y4

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SP

X coordinate 516

Y coordinate 70

Bibliographic source Durham 1983

Query

Site name	South Parks Road, Oxford
Site number	1437
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A double concentric ring ditch with a central pit which appeared to have been burnt twice, and thoroughly cleaned out, and a possibly secondary cremation inserted. The pit may have been a pyre site used for successive cremations.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	516
Y coordinate	70
Bibliographic source	Durham 1983