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Site name Barrow Hills Field Ring Ditch F801, Radley

Site number 143

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A ring ditch (interpreted as belonging to a round barrow) made from 7 or more interlinking pits, backfilled deliberately at a later date. Finds from the ditches included animal bone, waste flint flakes, and a Late Neolithic transverse arrow head. The central burial pit contained cremated bone. There were seven grooved ware pits in the vicinity (F911, 913, 917, 2082,3196, 3197 and 3831) containing flint knapping debris, pottery, animal bone and charcoal. Pit F3196 contained a large number of potsherds representing 5 vessels, 2 of unusual decoration.

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 Ring Ditch F801, Radley
Site number	143
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A ring ditch (interpreted as belonging to a round barrow) made from 7 or more interlinking pits, backfilled deliberately at a later date. Finds from the ditches included animal bone, waste flint flakes, and a Late Neolithic transverse arrow head. The central burial pit contained cremated bone. There were seven grooved ware pits in the vicinity (F911, 913, 917, 2082,3196, 3197 and 3831) containing flint knapping debris, pottery, animal bone and charcoal. Pit F3196 contained a large number of potsherds representing 5 vessels, 2 of unusual decoration.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	513
Y coordinate	981
Bibliographic source	Bradley, Chambers and Halpin 1984