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Site name Marley Tile Pit, Beenham

Site number 1261

Burial codes 2001 2006 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2041 2048 2051 2153 2065 2075 2083 2098 2104 2111 2124 2143 2153 2161 2181

8/700bc-100bc A cremation (a large quantity of calcined bone) was found in an upright coarse ware urn which also contained an iron fragment, a sherd of a thicker and harder pot, a sherd of a cordoned urn and a sherd of thin, hard ware.

Remains/Period Y2

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 605

Y coordinate 678

Bibliographic source Anon 1963-64, Whimster 1981

Query

Site name	Marley Tile Pit, Beenham
Site number	1261
Burial codes	2001 2006 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2041 2048 2051 2153 2065 2075 2083 2098 2104 2111 2124 2143 2153 2161 2181
8/700bc-100bc	A cremation (a large quantity of calcined bone) was found in an upright coarse ware urn which also contained an iron fragment, a sherd of a thicker and harder pot, a sherd of a cordoned urn and a sherd of thin, hard ware.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	605
Y coordinate	678
Bibliographic source	Anon 1963-64, Whimster 1981