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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 Shortheath Lane, Abbotts Farm, Sulhamstead

Site number 958

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4032 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4084 4091 4094 4104 4111 4128 4129 4143 4153 4161 4173 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc An EW line of 8 urned and 2 possible unurned cremations running along a ridge. Most urns had been inserted into shallow pits, 4 urns were inverted, one had contained a small cup and another a second miniature vessel, and all had contained cremated bone. The urns belonged to the Middle Bronze Age cordoned type of the lower Thames, with a variety of shapes (biconical, straight, ovoid, bucket). Of the identifiable cremations, 5 were of adults.

The line was possibly part of a more extensive cemetery.

RC: HAR-9141 1390 +/- 60

Remains/Period Y4

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 630

Y coordinate 685

Bibliographic source Butterworth and Lobb 1992

Query

Site name	Shortheath Lane, Abbotts Farm, Sulhamstead
Site number	958
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4032 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4084 4091 4094 4104 4111 4128 4129 4143 4153 4161 4173 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	An EW line of 8 urned and 2 possible unurned cremations running along a ridge. Most urns had been inserted into shallow pits, 4 urns were inverted, one had contained a small cup and another a second miniature vessel, and all had contained cremated bone. The urns belonged to the Middle Bronze Age cordoned type of the lower Thames, with a variety of shapes (biconical, straight, ovoid, bucket). Of the identifiable cremations, 5 were of adults. The line was possibly part of a more extensive cemetery. RC: HAR-9141 1390 +/- 60
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	630
Y coordinate	685
Bibliographic source	Butterworth and Lobb 1992