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Site name Childrey, Greenwell 292

Site number 853

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with earth and chalk mound covering a central oval grave oriented NNE/SSW and 0.8m x 0.65m x 0.4m deep, containing mostly charcoal amongst which were the cremated remains (but not all) of one person. Chalk stones covered this interment. East south east of the centre was a large sarsen stone laid over a smaller stone. An area 1.8m in diameter at the centre was covered with charcoal and some occasional pieces of burnt bone, but there was no reddening of the soil. In the barrow mound was a flint scraper and flint arrow head with hollowed base.

Remains/Period Y4

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 351

Y coordinate 852

Bibliographic source Greenwell 1880, Grinsell 1936a

Query

Site name	Childrey, Greenwell 292
Site number	853
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with earth and chalk mound covering a central oval grave oriented NNE/SSW and 0.8m x 0.65m x 0.4m deep, containing mostly charcoal amongst which were the cremated remains (but not all) of one person. Chalk stones covered this interment. East south east of the centre was a large sarsen stone laid over a smaller stone. An area 1.8m in diameter at the centre was covered with charcoal and some occasional pieces of burnt bone, but there was no reddening of the soil. In the barrow mound was a flint scraper and flint arrow head with hollowed base.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	351
Y coordinate	852
Bibliographic source	Greenwell 1880, Grinsell 1936a