Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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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 Portsdown

Site number 1575

Burial codes 3001 3005 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3041 3045 3051 3065 3075 3081 3091 3098 3104 3111 3112 3128 3143 3153 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc An inverted barrel urn was set in a pit cut into the natural chalk, and contained a compact mass of fragmented calcined bone belonging to a mature adult. There was probably a small flint cairn covering the pit, and there may originally have been a barrow over the whole.

Remains/Period Y3

County Hampshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 604

Y coordinate 67

Bibliographic source Nicholls 1987

Query

Site name	Portsdown
Site number	1575
Burial codes	3001 3005 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3041 3045 3051 3065 3075 3081 3091 3098 3104 3111 3112 3128 3143 3153 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	An inverted barrel urn was set in a pit cut into the natural chalk, and contained a compact mass of fragmented calcined bone belonging to a mature adult. There was probably a small flint cairn covering the pit, and there may originally have been a barrow over the whole.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Hampshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	604
Y coordinate	67
Bibliographic source	Nicholls 1987