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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 Epsom College

Site number 996

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4031 4042 4046 4051 4065 4071 4084 4091 4098 4101 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4156 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A flat grave 1.5m x 1.2m oriented NW/SE, with the crouched burial of an adult male, head to NW. The grave may have been covered by a small mound of scraped up soil, but there was no encircling ditch. The grave walls were faced on three sides by a packed walling of undressed flints.

Remains/Period Y4

County Surrey

Region SE

National grid square TQ

X coordinate 222

Y coordinate 599

Bibliographic source Frere 1941, Grinsell 1987b

Query

Site name	Epsom College
Site number	996
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4031 4042 4046 4051 4065 4071 4084 4091 4098 4101 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4156 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A flat grave 1.5m x 1.2m oriented NW/SE, with the crouched burial of an adult male, head to NW. The grave may have been covered by a small mound of scraped up soil, but there was no encircling ditch. The grave walls were faced on three sides by a packed walling of undressed flints.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Surrey
Region	SE
National grid square	TQ
X coordinate	222
Y coordinate	599
Bibliographic source	Frere 1941, Grinsell 1987b