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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 Southwick Hill, Portsdown

Site number 844

Burial codes 3001 3005 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3042 3046 3051 3053 3065 3072 3084 3091 3098 3102 3108 3129 3143 3153 3181 3200

14/1300bc-8/700bc An inhumation of a female c15-17 on its right side, head to NE, lying WSW/ENE, semi-flexed possibly. There were two accessory vessels by the head. Just to the north of the head was a triangular pit containing another possible Bronze Age vessel. The accessory vessels were a double ended incense cup and a miniature urn.

RC: from skeletal bone collagen BM-1119 1059 +/- 57

Remains/Period Y3

County Hampshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 649

Y coordinate 66

Bibliographic source Rudkin 1989

Query

Site name	Southwick Hill, Portsdown
Site number	844
Burial codes	3001 3005 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3042 3046 3051 3053 3065 3072 3084 3091 3098 3102 3108 3129 3143 3153 3181 3200
14/1300bc-8/700bc	An inhumation of a female c15-17 on its right side, head to NE, lying WSW/ENE, semi-flexed possibly. There were two accessory vessels by the head. Just to the north of the head was a triangular pit containing another possible Bronze Age vessel. The accessory vessels were a double ended incense cup and a miniature urn. RC: from skeletal bone collagen BM-1119 1059 +/- 57
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Hampshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	649
Y coordinate	66
Bibliographic source	Rudkin 1989