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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 Cunning Man, Burghfield

Site number 1262

Burial codes 1001 1005 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1041 1045 1051 1065 1075 1081 1083 1091 1098 1104 1107 1125 1129 1143 1153 1161 1181

100bc-AD43 A single cremation burial whose surviving ashes represented 5% of the calcined bone of an adult c30-40. Two or three fragmentary limb bones of a small bird were also present, all calcined. There were these associated vessels: a butt beaker, a one-handled flagon, a terra nigra plate stamped NOVI[, a copy of a terra nigra dish, and a saucepan bowl with a bead rim containing the cremation. The vessels were probably set upright in the soil, except possibly that containing the cremation. The group is dated to cAD25-50.

Remains/Period Y1

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 687

Y coordinate 708

Bibliographic source Boon and Wymer 1958, Whimster 1981

Query

Site name	Cunning Man, Burghfield
Site number	1262
Burial codes	1001 1005 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1041 1045 1051 1065 1075 1081 1083 1091 1098 1104 1107 1125 1129 1143 1153 1161 1181
100bc-AD43	A single cremation burial whose surviving ashes represented 5% of the calcined bone of an adult c30-40. Two or three fragmentary limb bones of a small bird were also present, all calcined. There were these associated vessels: a butt beaker, a one-handled flagon, a terra nigra plate stamped NOVI[, a copy of a terra nigra dish, and a saucepan bowl with a bead rim containing the cremation. The vessels were probably set upright in the soil, except possibly that containing the cremation. The group is dated to cAD25-50.
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	687
Y coordinate	708
Bibliographic source	Boon and Wymer 1958, Whimster 1981