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Site name Barrow Hills Field 11, Radley

Site number 982

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A ring ditch with at the centre a cremation burial in a pit 0.75m in diameter, without grave goods. North of the centre was an ovoid slot sloping down to a post hole 0.3m in diameter and 0.5m deep into the gravel subsoil, and 1.5m deep in all. The ditch fill produced four plain sherds from a thick-walled vase, assigned to the Middle Bronze Age.

Remains/Period Y4

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 517

Y coordinate 984

Bibliographic source Leeds 1938b

Query

Site name	Barrow Hills Field 11, Radley
Site number	982
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A ring ditch with at the centre a cremation burial in a pit 0.75m in diameter, without grave goods. North of the centre was an ovoid slot sloping down to a post hole 0.3m in diameter and 0.5m deep into the gravel subsoil, and 1.5m deep in all. The ditch fill produced four plain sherds from a thick-walled vase, assigned to the Middle Bronze Age.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	517
Y coordinate	984
Bibliographic source	Leeds 1938b