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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 Sunningdale Golf Course, Chobham 1/1A

Site number 997

Burial codes 3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3045 3051 3065 3075 3081 3083 3092 3094 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3156 3161 3173 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A barrow with a mound containing at least 23 urns containing cremations set into the surface, 11 upright and 12 inverted, of barrel, bucket, flower-pot and (1)cup shape. The urns appear to have been fairly plainly ornamented, but well designed and formed. Urn 14 also contained part of a miniature vessel. There were also two cremations placed in hollows c0.5m deep lined with pieces of soft sandstone and covered with a slab of conglomerate. The majority (18) of deposits were on the south west side of the mound, 7 being in the other quadrants but all of those near the centre. They were regularly spaced c0.9m apart, but one overlapped another. The cremations were of burnt bone mixed with charcoal and in some cases also with earth. They appear to have been token or partial deposits.

There does not appear to have been a primary interment.

Remains/Period Y3

County Surrey

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 952

Y coordinate 662

Bibliographic source Shrubsole 1907, Bullen 1912, Gardner 1924

Query

Site name	Sunningdale Golf Course, Chobham 1/1A
Site number	997
Burial codes	3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3045 3051 3065 3075 3081 3083 3092 3094 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3156 3161 3173 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A barrow with a mound containing at least 23 urns containing cremations set into the surface, 11 upright and 12 inverted, of barrel, bucket, flower-pot and (1)cup shape. The urns appear to have been fairly plainly ornamented, but well designed and formed. Urn 14 also contained part of a miniature vessel. There were also two cremations placed in hollows c0.5m deep lined with pieces of soft sandstone and covered with a slab of conglomerate. The majority (18) of deposits were on the south west side of the mound, 7 being in the other quadrants but all of those near the centre. They were regularly spaced c0.9m apart, but one overlapped another. The cremations were of burnt bone mixed with charcoal and in some cases also with earth. They appear to have been token or partial deposits. There does not appear to have been a primary interment.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Surrey
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	952
Y coordinate	662
Bibliographic source	Shrubsole 1907, Bullen 1912, Gardner 1924