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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 Quint's Hill, Old Warden

Site number 235

Burial codes 1002 1006 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1041 1048 1051 1065 1075 1084 1098 1104 1111 1129 1143 1153 1172 1181

100bc-AD43 In a pit c1.2m were 2 iron hoops surviving from a (?)bucket which enclosed the cremated remains of an individual, with close by 2 amphorae (all now lost and 2 surviving Type 1a cordoned pedestal urns of turned shale. Both urns were designed to be separated into three parts.

Remains/Period Y1

County Bedfordshire

Region SE

National grid square TL

X coordinate 135

Y coordinate 446

Bibliographic source Dryden 1845, Fox 1923, Birchall 1965, Stead 1971, Whimster 1981

Query

Site name	Quint's Hill, Old Warden
Site number	235
Burial codes	1002 1006 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1041 1048 1051 1065 1075 1084 1098 1104 1111 1129 1143 1153 1172 1181
100bc-AD43	In a pit c1.2m were 2 iron hoops surviving from a (?)bucket which enclosed the cremated remains of an individual, with close by 2 amphorae (all now lost and 2 surviving Type 1a cordoned pedestal urns of turned shale. Both urns were designed to be separated into three parts.
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Bedfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	TL
X coordinate	135
Y coordinate	446
Bibliographic source	Dryden 1845, Fox 1923, Birchall 1965, Stead 1971, Whimster 1981