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Site name Chadlington Downs Farm Quarry, Chipping Norton
Site number 1310
Burial codes 5002 5006 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5036 5042 5045 5051 5053 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5104 5111 5125 5127 5143 5153 5181
3500bc - 2500bc Two pits of beehive form, c1.5m deep x 1.2m in diameter, were discovered in quarrying, one of which contained portions of two human skulls, many bones and teeth of animals, and fragments of black ill-made pottery without ornamentation. The second pit contained animal bones and similar potsherds. [Date secure, or 8/700-100 bc?].
Remains/Period Y5
County Oxfordshire
Region SE
National grid square SP
X coordinate 370
Y coordinate 210
Bibliographic source Hogg 1905-06


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