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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 Barrow Hills Field F206, Radley

Site number 1052

Burial codes 4001 4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4031 4042 4045 4052 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4104 4111 4129 4143 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A large flat rectangular grave oriented NS predating the small ring ditch F201 (Site 1050), with two deep hollows recorded at either end of the grave, the one at the south containing an upright AOC Beaker of uncommon bottle shaped form, the other apparently empty. The burial comprised a couple of shaft bones, vertebrae and a skull fragment of a (?)female heaped in the centre of the grave.

Remains/Period Y4

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 513

Y coordinate 981

Bibliographic source Bradley, Chambers and Halpin 1984

Query

Site name	Barrow Hills Field F206, Radley
Site number	1052
Burial codes	4001 4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4031 4042 4045 4052 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4104 4111 4129 4143 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A large flat rectangular grave oriented NS predating the small ring ditch F201 (Site 1050), with two deep hollows recorded at either end of the grave, the one at the south containing an upright AOC Beaker of uncommon bottle shaped form, the other apparently empty. The burial comprised a couple of shaft bones, vertebrae and a skull fragment of a (?)female heaped in the centre of the grave.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	513
Y coordinate	981
Bibliographic source	Bradley, Chambers and Halpin 1984