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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 Alfriston A

Site number 103

Burial codes 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4033 4143 4152 4184 2001 2005 2022 2023 2025 2028 2030 2033 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2102 2111 2128 2143 2152 2153 2181 2200

2500bc-14/1300bc Oval barrow oriented SSE with flanking ditches dug to irregular profile. Crouched burial of young female, possibly intrusive (see RC below), in a rectangular grave south west of the centre of and under an oval burial mound of earth and chalk rubble core capped with flint nodules. There were no associated finds. A pit to the north was backfilled, and contained no artefacts. There were postholes in the north and south causeway. Scanty Neolithic pottery comprising primary plain bowl sherds from the bottom of ditch 3. Other ditch contents included groups of flint knapping debris and an antler pick.

RC: from the antler pick HAR-940 2360 +/- 110, from the bone of the female interment HAR-942 640 +/- 90 and HAR-1811 1240 +/-80

8/700bc-100bc Crouched burial, of a young female in a rectangular grave south west of the centre of and in the barrow mound, but with no associated finds.

RC: from the bone of the female interment HAR-942 640 +/- 90

Remains/Period Y2 N4

County Sussex

Region SE

National grid square TQ

X coordinate 509

Y coordinate 36

Bibliographic source Drewett 1975a

Query

Site name	Alfriston A
Site number	103
Burial codes	4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4033 4143 4152 4184 2001 2005 2022 2023 2025 2028 2030 2033 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2102 2111 2128 2143 2152 2153 2181 2200
2500bc-14/1300bc	Oval barrow oriented SSE with flanking ditches dug to irregular profile. Crouched burial of young female, possibly intrusive (see RC below), in a rectangular grave south west of the centre of and under an oval burial mound of earth and chalk rubble core capped with flint nodules. There were no associated finds. A pit to the north was backfilled, and contained no artefacts. There were postholes in the north and south causeway. Scanty Neolithic pottery comprising primary plain bowl sherds from the bottom of ditch 3. Other ditch contents included groups of flint knapping debris and an antler pick. RC: from the antler pick HAR-940 2360 +/- 110, from the bone of the female interment HAR-942 640 +/- 90 and HAR-1811 1240 +/-80
8/700bc-100bc	Crouched burial, of a young female in a rectangular grave south west of the centre of and in the barrow mound, but with no associated finds. RC: from the bone of the female interment HAR-942 640 +/- 90
Remains/Period	Y2 N4
County	Sussex
Region	SE
National grid square	TQ
X coordinate	509
Y coordinate	36
Bibliographic source	Drewett 1975a