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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 Uplands, Upper Lambourn

Site number 965

Burial codes 3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3034 3042 3046 3051 3065 3075 3084 3091 3098 3102 3106 3112 3128 3143 3153 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc An isolated inhumation in a pit cut 1.2m into the chalk, in which was placed the extended burial of a probable female c30, oriented EW, and with skull morphology interpreted as belonging to a post-Neolithic but pre-Iron Age person. Bone preservation also suggested a date very much earlier than comparable Saxon burials.

Remains/Period Y3

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 320

Y coordinate 780

Bibliographic source Coghlan 1956

Query

Site name	Uplands, Upper Lambourn
Site number	965
Burial codes	3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3034 3042 3046 3051 3065 3075 3084 3091 3098 3102 3106 3112 3128 3143 3153 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	An isolated inhumation in a pit cut 1.2m into the chalk, in which was placed the extended burial of a probable female c30, oriented EW, and with skull morphology interpreted as belonging to a post-Neolithic but pre-Iron Age person. Bone preservation also suggested a date very much earlier than comparable Saxon burials.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	320
Y coordinate	780
Bibliographic source	Coghlan 1956