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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 Oliver's Battery A, Winchester

Site number 838

Burial codes 3002 3005 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3082 3084 3091 3098 3102 3104 3109 3110 3111 3124 3128 3143 3153 3161 3173 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A group of urned (10) and unurned (1) and possible (1) cremations was deposited in shallow pits cut into the chalk subsoil, most truncated by ploughing. Burnt bone was present in all but No 5, and 4 adults including (?)2 female, and an infant were individually identified. 7 urns were inverted, 2 horizontal and 2 unknown in position. All vessels were of Deverel-Rimbury type, being bucket, barrel and globular urns. Burial 12 was accompanied only by a few (?)token sherds. Burials 1-7 (and 8?) and 9-12 may represent two phases; 9-12 and possibly 8 were globular urns.

Remains/Period Y3

County Hampshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 459

Y coordinate 274

Bibliographic source King 1989

Query

Site name	Oliver's Battery A, Winchester
Site number	838
Burial codes	3002 3005 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3082 3084 3091 3098 3102 3104 3109 3110 3111 3124 3128 3143 3153 3161 3173 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A group of urned (10) and unurned (1) and possible (1) cremations was deposited in shallow pits cut into the chalk subsoil, most truncated by ploughing. Burnt bone was present in all but No 5, and 4 adults including (?)2 female, and an infant were individually identified. 7 urns were inverted, 2 horizontal and 2 unknown in position. All vessels were of Deverel-Rimbury type, being bucket, barrel and globular urns. Burial 12 was accompanied only by a few (?)token sherds. Burials 1-7 (and 8?) and 9-12 may represent two phases; 9-12 and possibly 8 were globular urns.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Hampshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	459
Y coordinate	274
Bibliographic source	King 1989