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 Tolmare Farm, Findon

Site number 1162

Burial codes 5001 5006 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5031 5042 5046 5051 5065 5071 5084 5091 5097 5101 5107 5112 5128 5143 5153 5181

3500bc - 2500bc A rectangular grave c0.4 x 1.3m x 0.6m deep in the chalk oriented NNE contained the skeleton of an adult male c45, legs bent back from the knee and the head bent down onto the chest, crammed into the grave. It was on its left side, head to N, without grave goods. The skull possessed characteristics making a Neolithic date probable.

Remains/Period Y5

County Sussex

Region SE

National grid square TQ

X coordinate 108

Y coordinate 91

Bibliographic source Lewis 1960

Query

Site name	Tolmare Farm, Findon
Site number	1162
Burial codes	5001 5006 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5031 5042 5046 5051 5065 5071 5084 5091 5097 5101 5107 5112 5128 5143 5153 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	A rectangular grave c0.4 x 1.3m x 0.6m deep in the chalk oriented NNE contained the skeleton of an adult male c45, legs bent back from the knee and the head bent down onto the chest, crammed into the grave. It was on its left side, head to N, without grave goods. The skull possessed characteristics making a Neolithic date probable.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Sussex
Region	SE
National grid square	TQ
X coordinate	108
Y coordinate	91
Bibliographic source	Lewis 1960