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Site name Cople, near Bedford

Site number 1483

Burial codes 3002 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3042 3051 3065 3075 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A possible crematorium or ritual site. There were two inhumations within a ditch c27m in diameter and the limestone footings of a structure at the centre. Flat-rimmed pottery of Totternhoe type and a blue glass bead of La Tene culture were found, the latter suggesting extension of the site's use into the Early Iron Age.

Remains/Period Y3

County Bedfordshire

Region SE

National grid square TL

X coordinate 102

Y coordinate 497

Bibliographic source Thomas 1964

Query

Site name	Cople, near Bedford
Site number	1483
Burial codes	3002 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3042 3051 3065 3075 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A possible crematorium or ritual site. There were two inhumations within a ditch c27m in diameter and the limestone footings of a structure at the centre. Flat-rimmed pottery of Totternhoe type and a blue glass bead of La Tene culture were found, the latter suggesting extension of the site's use into the Early Iron Age.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Bedfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	TL
X coordinate	102
Y coordinate	497
Bibliographic source	Thomas 1964