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Site name Maiden Bower Causewayed Enclosure

Site number 127

Burial codes 5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5035 5036 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5084 5092 5104 5111 5127 5143 5151 5181

3500bc - 2500bc A causewayed enclosure. A chain of 5 sections cut in quarrying was observed by Smith in 1898. The second contained broken human skeletal material. Pits contained bones 'split for marrow', flakes, polished stones, and 'rude British pottery' (of Abingdon ware). Not a stratigraphical excavation, but the site finds resembled other causewayed enclosures.

Remains/Period Y5

County Bedfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SP

X coordinate 996

Y coordinate 225

Bibliographic source Smith 1915, 1931, Kinnes 1979

Query

Site name	Maiden Bower Causewayed Enclosure
Site number	127
Burial codes	5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5035 5036 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5084 5092 5104 5111 5127 5143 5151 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	A causewayed enclosure. A chain of 5 sections cut in quarrying was observed by Smith in 1898. The second contained broken human skeletal material. Pits contained bones 'split for marrow', flakes, polished stones, and 'rude British pottery' (of Abingdon ware). Not a stratigraphical excavation, but the site finds resembled other causewayed enclosures.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Bedfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	996
Y coordinate	225
Bibliographic source	Smith 1915, 1931, Kinnes 1979