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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 London Road, Brighton

Site number 1161

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4043 4047 4051 4065 4073 4075 4084 4092 4098 4101 4104 4105 4108 4110 4111 4124 4128 4143 4153 4166 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc The crouched skeleton of a young adult male was found lying on its left side, head to S, facing W, on the natural chalk surface with no associated grave goods. The cranial characteristics were Neolithic, but that is the sole evidence for dating.

There were four more burials in a line with the inhumation, ranging over c80m. The first was c25m away to the north, in a pit 0.3m deep and oval in shape. It comprised small charcoal fragments and several burnt fragments of human bone possibly of a small child. The second was 30m further north in an unusually deep shaft of c2.7m, and comprised a deposit of charcoal and larger fragments of burnt bone accompanied by a piece of sun-dried pottery covered by with redeposited chalk. 25m further north was another pit containing a piece of ferruginous sandstone. 7m further north was another cremation deposit in a pit, probably of a child.

The report assumes these were part of a burial field.

Remains/Period Y4

County Sussex

Region SE

National grid square TQ

X coordinate 400

Y coordinate 100

Bibliographic source Curwen and Curwen 1923

Query

Site name	London Road, Brighton
Site number	1161
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4043 4047 4051 4065 4073 4075 4084 4092 4098 4101 4104 4105 4108 4110 4111 4124 4128 4143 4153 4166 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	The crouched skeleton of a young adult male was found lying on its left side, head to S, facing W, on the natural chalk surface with no associated grave goods. The cranial characteristics were Neolithic, but that is the sole evidence for dating. There were four more burials in a line with the inhumation, ranging over c80m. The first was c25m away to the north, in a pit 0.3m deep and oval in shape. It comprised small charcoal fragments and several burnt fragments of human bone possibly of a small child. The second was 30m further north in an unusually deep shaft of c2.7m, and comprised a deposit of charcoal and larger fragments of burnt bone accompanied by a piece of sun-dried pottery covered by with redeposited chalk. 25m further north was another pit containing a piece of ferruginous sandstone. 7m further north was another cremation deposit in a pit, probably of a child. The report assumes these were part of a burial field.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Sussex
Region	SE
National grid square	TQ
X coordinate	400
Y coordinate	100
Bibliographic source	Curwen and Curwen 1923