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Site name Pyrton Glebe Field, Drayton Cursus

Site number 1443

Burial codes 4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4051 4053 4065 4098 4129 4143 4153 4184

2500bc-14/1300bc Close to the west ditch of the Cursus was a Late Neolithic grave without the skeleton. An AOC Beaker and two groups of flint flakes were found on the bottom of the feature as if on either side of a body.

Remains/Period N4

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 490

Y coordinate 945

Bibliographic source Moore 1986

Query

Site name	Pyrton Glebe Field, Drayton Cursus
Site number	1443
Burial codes	4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4051 4053 4065 4098 4129 4143 4153 4184
2500bc-14/1300bc	Close to the west ditch of the Cursus was a Late Neolithic grave without the skeleton. An AOC Beaker and two groups of flint flakes were found on the bottom of the feature as if on either side of a body.
Remains/Period	N4
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	490
Y coordinate	945
Bibliographic source	Moore 1986