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Site name | Southern enclosure, North Stoke |
Site number | 980 |
Burial codes | 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4034 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4108 4128 4143 4152 4153 4167 4161 4181 |
2500bc-14/1300bc | Sited at the south end of the Cursus, the (probably) trapezoidal long mortuary enclosure ditch was recut and Pit 2 dug. It was an oval bell-shaped burial pit aligned roughly on the central axis of the linear (Cursus) ditches, and was 2.4m x 2.5m x 0.75m deep. It contained cremated bones and a miniature Early Bronze Age cinerary urn with a well-marked profile. Below the layer in which the urn was found was a layer of dark grey loam with a central dark grey lens containing much charcoal, 4 flint flakes, a core and 41 shattered flint fragments (6 burnt). Below this layer was another and at the bottom the cremation, a small quantity of bone from a child's skull, flecked with charcoal. RC: from antler tine in basal layer of east linear ditch BM-1405 2722 +/- 49, from charcoal in the grey lens of Pit 1 BM-1406 1424 +/- 83 |
Remains/Period | Y4 |
County | Oxfordshire |
Region | SE |
National grid square | SU |
X coordinate | 611 |
Y coordinate | 856 |
Bibliographic source | Anon 1951, Case 1982a |
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