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Site name Easton Down Ring Ditch, R7
Site number 685
Burial codes 4005 4009 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4123 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181 3005 3009 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3042 3046 3051 3065 3071 3072 3073 3075 3084 3092 3103 3104 3105 3106 3108 3110 3111 3128 3143 3151 3152 3153 3171 3181 3200 2002 2005 2022 2023 2025 2028 2030 2035 2041 2045 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2111 2128 2143 2152 2153 2181
2500bc-14/1300bc A flat bottomed ring ditch (a possible bell barrow) of internal diameter 27.5m. The ditch had silted rapidly and included a decorated sherd of probable Peterborough ware. There was a central cremation burial (F86) containing a pile of cremated bone accompanied by an Early/Middle Bronze Age bronze knife dagger. In the pit fill were 2 fragments of bronze rod and three amber beads. There were four oval/circular pits 5m west south west of the central cremation, filled with dark-brown loam and each containing cremated remains - one certainly human (F37), 2 probably, and one possibly.
14/1300bc-8/700bc 5m east north east of the central cremation there was an inhumation (F24) of an adult female c25-35, on its back, oriented N, legs drawn up and to the right, with half the upper body (HAR-1023) covered by flints. A small Neolithic sherd was the only artefact. A second grave (F27) was oval with the inhumation of a female c17-25 oriented SE, crouched, facing N, unaccompanied. A third grave (F43) contained the skeleton of a female c17-25 (HAR-3417), head to E, on the right side, unaccompanied, the entire grave sealed by medium to large flint nodules. F30 and F95 contained two inhumations of a female (?) c20-30 (HAR-3344) and a male (?) c25-35. F26 contained a tightly crouched skeleton covered with flint nodules (except the skull) of a female c14-17.

RC: HAR-1023 1180 +/- 70, HAR-3417 1130 +/- 80, HAR-3344 1210 +/-70
8/700bc-100bc There were 2 Early Iron Age scoops in the south east quadrant (F92 and F102) containing burnt human skull and long bone fragments, and another six such scoops produced possible cremated human bone in very small quantities.
Remains/Period Y4 Y3 Y2
County Hampshire
Region S
National grid square SU
X coordinate 495
Y coordinate 313
Bibliographic source Fasham 1977, 1981


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