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Site name Barrow Hills Field 12, Radley

Site number 1048

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4047 4051 4053 4065 4071 4075 4081 4084 4093 4098 4101 4104 4105 4108 4109 4111 4122 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A double ditched barrow much like a disc barrow with an external bank. Central burial F605 contained the articulated upper half of a child, laid with care, the arms flexed as if the whole body had been crouched, and accompanied by a food vessel. The primary central burial consisted of an adult male c18-23, head to N, crouched with an awl lying against the left foot. The burial pit was cut by F605 (a double burial associated with a food vessel), and by a secondary unaccompanied cremation F606, both overlying the first two deposits.

About 2m south east of these there was an infant inhumation in the crouched position in a shallow pit. On the north east side of the barrow there was a plough damaged satellite cremation.

There was a cremation L601/B/3 mid way in the outer ditch on the silt in an upright biconical derivative vessel, comprising the remains of a child, over which was inverted a smaller collared urn.

Remains/Period Y4

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 513

Y coordinate 981

Bibliographic source Bradley, Chambers and Halpin 1984, Chambers and Halpin 1985

Query

Site name	Barrow Hills Field 12, Radley
Site number	1048
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4047 4051 4053 4065 4071 4075 4081 4084 4093 4098 4101 4104 4105 4108 4109 4111 4122 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A double ditched barrow much like a disc barrow with an external bank. Central burial F605 contained the articulated upper half of a child, laid with care, the arms flexed as if the whole body had been crouched, and accompanied by a food vessel. The primary central burial consisted of an adult male c18-23, head to N, crouched with an awl lying against the left foot. The burial pit was cut by F605 (a double burial associated with a food vessel), and by a secondary unaccompanied cremation F606, both overlying the first two deposits. About 2m south east of these there was an infant inhumation in the crouched position in a shallow pit. On the north east side of the barrow there was a plough damaged satellite cremation. There was a cremation L601/B/3 mid way in the outer ditch on the silt in an upright biconical derivative vessel, comprising the remains of a child, over which was inverted a smaller collared urn.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	513
Y coordinate	981
Bibliographic source	Bradley, Chambers and Halpin 1984, Chambers and Halpin 1985