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Site name Burnt House Farm, Alfriston

Site number 1082

Burial codes 3002 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3091 3094 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A round barrow covering at its base six cinerary urns set in a straight line in an excavation (trench?) made in the chalk rubble below the natural level of the earth. The urns were inverted and covered with wood ashes, and large quantities of flints overlay the rubble in which they were set. The largest of the urns had shoulder lugs and contained a large number of burnt human bones believed to represent 2-3 human bodies. The next largest appears to have been a bucket urn. There were two other smaller versions of the first urn. No remains were reported from the urns barring the largest.

Remains/Period Y3

County Sussex

Region SE

National grid square TQ

X coordinate 510

Y coordinate 30

Bibliographic source Anon 1890

Query

Site name	Burnt House Farm, Alfriston
Site number	1082
Burial codes	3002 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3091 3094 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A round barrow covering at its base six cinerary urns set in a straight line in an excavation (trench?) made in the chalk rubble below the natural level of the earth. The urns were inverted and covered with wood ashes, and large quantities of flints overlay the rubble in which they were set. The largest of the urns had shoulder lugs and contained a large number of burnt human bones believed to represent 2-3 human bodies. The next largest appears to have been a bucket urn. There were two other smaller versions of the first urn. No remains were reported from the urns barring the largest.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Sussex
Region	SE
National grid square	TQ
X coordinate	510
Y coordinate	30
Bibliographic source	Anon 1890