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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 Ramsgate ii, Cliffsend, Thanet

Site number 903

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4042 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A flat grave 1.8, long cut 0.6m into the chalk, with a reputed contracted inhumation (only fragments of a leg bone were recovered from the drainage trench being excavated) accompanied by a bell Beaker.

Remains/Period Y4

County Kent

Region SE

National grid square TR

X coordinate 346

Y coordinate 648

Bibliographic source MacPherson-Grant 1968, Grinsell 1992

Query

Site name	Ramsgate ii, Cliffsend, Thanet
Site number	903
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4042 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A flat grave 1.8, long cut 0.6m into the chalk, with a reputed contracted inhumation (only fragments of a leg bone were recovered from the drainage trench being excavated) accompanied by a bell Beaker.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Kent
Region	SE
National grid square	TR
X coordinate	346
Y coordinate	648
Bibliographic source	MacPherson-Grant 1968, Grinsell 1992