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Site name Twelve Acre Farm, Eynsham

Site number 1018

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4043 4046 4051 4065 4073 4084 4091 4098 4102 4104 4106 4108 4110 4121 4124 4143 4153 4159 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc The inhumation of an adult female c25-30 was found in a 'circular hut' 1.8m in diameter, and 0.5m deep in the gravel subsoil. It was laid on a hard packed floor of earth and gravel about 78cm thick, in which were a few small flint flakes, charcoal and one (?)bead. The skeleton was crouched on its right side, legs flexed, hand to face, oriented SW. Laid on the arms of the skeleton were the incompletely cremated remains of a female child c2-6, embedded in soft green sand.

Remains/Period Y4

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SP

X coordinate 420

Y coordinate 80

Bibliographic source Anon 1938

Query

Site name	Twelve Acre Farm, Eynsham
Site number	1018
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4043 4046 4051 4065 4073 4084 4091 4098 4102 4104 4106 4108 4110 4121 4124 4143 4153 4159 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	The inhumation of an adult female c25-30 was found in a 'circular hut' 1.8m in diameter, and 0.5m deep in the gravel subsoil. It was laid on a hard packed floor of earth and gravel about 78cm thick, in which were a few small flint flakes, charcoal and one (?)bead. The skeleton was crouched on its right side, legs flexed, hand to face, oriented SW. Laid on the arms of the skeleton were the incompletely cremated remains of a female child c2-6, embedded in soft green sand.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	420
Y coordinate	80
Bibliographic source	Anon 1938