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Site name North Stoke Disc Barrow

Site number 1022

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4047 4051 4052 4053 4065 4074 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4108 4109 4113 4128 4143 4152 4153 4159 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A disc barrow with double ditch and at the centre a cremation burial of a young person placed on a layer of carbonised material 0.75m in diameter, with no pit in evidence. Alongside the cremation and at the same level were the skull and jaws of a child cutting its second teeth. Lower down and 0.5m to one side of the cremation was the almost intact skeleton of an infant, contracted, head to WNW, facing ENE, the first teeth only partly cut. Below this was the third skeleton of a child, face to east, very tightly contracted, and lying (as did all the inhumations) on a layer of carbonised material. One cremated fragment showed a green stain possibly owing to contact with bronze, but no grave goods were found.

Remains/Period Y4

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 610

Y coordinate 860

Bibliographic source Leeds 1936

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Site name	North Stoke Disc Barrow
Site number	1022
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4047 4051 4052 4053 4065 4074 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4108 4109 4113 4128 4143 4152 4153 4159 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A disc barrow with double ditch and at the centre a cremation burial of a young person placed on a layer of carbonised material 0.75m in diameter, with no pit in evidence. Alongside the cremation and at the same level were the skull and jaws of a child cutting its second teeth. Lower down and 0.5m to one side of the cremation was the almost intact skeleton of an infant, contracted, head to WNW, facing ENE, the first teeth only partly cut. Below this was the third skeleton of a child, face to east, very tightly contracted, and lying (as did all the inhumations) on a layer of carbonised material. One cremated fragment showed a green stain possibly owing to contact with bronze, but no grave goods were found.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	610
Y coordinate	860
Bibliographic source	Leeds 1936