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Site name Salford Quarry

Site number 1461

Burial codes 1002 1003 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1041 1048 1051 1065 1075 1084 1091 1098 1104 1111 1123 1128 1143 1153 1181

100bc-AD43 An extensive two phase Iron Age settlement with 21 round houses, animal enclosures, palisades and pits. To the north of the main concentration of settlement material five cremation pots were located in what appears to be a satellite cemetery between two ditches defining the settlement boundary. Two pits each held two pots, one containing cremation material, the other grave goods including the remains of fibulae of late La Tene type. The pottery is dated to the so-called grog-tempered Gallo-Belgic tradition of the Late Iron Age to the early Roman transition. Minute fragments of copper alloy chain and possible food residues were also found accompanying the cremations.

Remains/Period Y1

County Bedfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SP

X coordinate 927

Y coordinate 403

Bibliographic source Clark 1990b, 1991d

Query

Site name	Salford Quarry
Site number	1461
Burial codes	1002 1003 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1041 1048 1051 1065 1075 1084 1091 1098 1104 1111 1123 1128 1143 1153 1181
100bc-AD43	An extensive two phase Iron Age settlement with 21 round houses, animal enclosures, palisades and pits. To the north of the main concentration of settlement material five cremation pots were located in what appears to be a satellite cemetery between two ditches defining the settlement boundary. Two pits each held two pots, one containing cremation material, the other grave goods including the remains of fibulae of late La Tene type. The pottery is dated to the so-called grog-tempered Gallo-Belgic tradition of the Late Iron Age to the early Roman transition. Minute fragments of copper alloy chain and possible food residues were also found accompanying the cremations.
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Bedfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	927
Y coordinate	403
Bibliographic source	Clark 1990b, 1991d