Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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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 Inkpen 1

Site number 1002

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4072 4082 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4160 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A barrow with a central pit 0.75m in diameter at the top tapering to 0.5m x 0.8m deep containing the primary interment. This comprised two small collared urns lying on their sides at the bottom, mouths to east, and another sherd. Above these was a mass of greasy wood ash and burnt human bones including skull fragments and some of the larger bones all contorted by fire. Some further coarse red potsherds were found at the south edge of the pit.

Remains/Period Y4

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 353

Y coordinate 621

Bibliographic source Crawford 1954a

Query

Site name	Inkpen 1
Site number	1002
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4072 4082 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4160 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A barrow with a central pit 0.75m in diameter at the top tapering to 0.5m x 0.8m deep containing the primary interment. This comprised two small collared urns lying on their sides at the bottom, mouths to east, and another sherd. Above these was a mass of greasy wood ash and burnt human bones including skull fragments and some of the larger bones all contorted by fire. Some further coarse red potsherds were found at the south edge of the pit.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	353
Y coordinate	621
Bibliographic source	Crawford 1954a