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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 Tewkesbury, Cinema Site

Site number 329

Burial codes 4001 4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4031 4042 4046 4051 4065 4071 4084 4091 4097 4102 4107 4128 4143 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc Pit grave 157 was oval, oriented NW/SE, and contained the inhumation of a tightly flexed female c50 or more, head to NW. It cut late Neolithic features. There were unabraded Mortlake sherds in the grave fill, but no grave goods.

Remains/Period Y4

County Gloucestershire

Region SW

National grid square SO

X coordinate 892

Y coordinate 328

Bibliographic source Hannan 1993

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Site name	Tewkesbury, Cinema Site
Site number	329
Burial codes	4001 4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4031 4042 4046 4051 4065 4071 4084 4091 4097 4102 4107 4128 4143 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	Pit grave 157 was oval, oriented NW/SE, and contained the inhumation of a tightly flexed female c50 or more, head to NW. It cut late Neolithic features. There were unabraded Mortlake sherds in the grave fill, but no grave goods.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Gloucestershire
Region	SW
National grid square	SO
X coordinate	892
Y coordinate	328
Bibliographic source	Hannan 1993