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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 Five Knolls Ring Ditch 1

Site number 925

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4102 4105 4128 4143 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc An uninterrupted ring ditch with 0.6m from the centre a slight depression (originally a pit dug just into the natural chalk) containing the remains of an unenclosed cremation. This was found as an area of ash and burnt bones including the cores of several teeth, identified as those of a young adult female..

Remains/Period Y4

County Bedfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SP

X coordinate 987

Y coordinate 219

Bibliographic source Matthews 1976

Query

Site name	Five Knolls Ring Ditch 1
Site number	925
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4102 4105 4128 4143 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	An uninterrupted ring ditch with 0.6m from the centre a slight depression (originally a pit dug just into the natural chalk) containing the remains of an unenclosed cremation. This was found as an area of ash and burnt bones including the cores of several teeth, identified as those of a young adult female..
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Bedfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	987
Y coordinate	219
Bibliographic source	Matthews 1976