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Site name Cotton Lane Pit, Stone

Site number 1286

Burial codes 1006 1009 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1041 1048 1051 1065 1075 1084 1092 1098 1101 1111 1121 1125 1129 1143 1153 1161 1181

100bc-AD43 At least three cremation groups were found in a line with a fourth c18m away. There were 27 surviving pottery vessels including globular jars, pedestal urns, globular and cordoned bowls, and a flagon and butt beaker. There were 4 bronze brooches, of Colchester, Hod Hill, flat-bow and thistle forms, and fragments of wood associated with bronze fittings.

Only two pots are known to have contained cremated bone, and the remains are very fragmentary. Animal bone was mixed with the human bone.

Dating was reckoned as late 1st century BC-early 1st Century AD, with the main cemetery in use between AD25-45.

Remains/Period Y1

County Kent

Region SE

National grid square TQ

X coordinate 561

Y coordinate 748

Bibliographic source Cotton and Richardson 1941, Stead 1976, Whimster 1981

Query

Site name	Cotton Lane Pit, Stone
Site number	1286
Burial codes	1006 1009 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1041 1048 1051 1065 1075 1084 1092 1098 1101 1111 1121 1125 1129 1143 1153 1161 1181
100bc-AD43	At least three cremation groups were found in a line with a fourth c18m away. There were 27 surviving pottery vessels including globular jars, pedestal urns, globular and cordoned bowls, and a flagon and butt beaker. There were 4 bronze brooches, of Colchester, Hod Hill, flat-bow and thistle forms, and fragments of wood associated with bronze fittings. Only two pots are known to have contained cremated bone, and the remains are very fragmentary. Animal bone was mixed with the human bone. Dating was reckoned as late 1st century BC-early 1st Century AD, with the main cemetery in use between AD25-45.
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Kent
Region	SE
National grid square	TQ
X coordinate	561
Y coordinate	748
Bibliographic source	Cotton and Richardson 1941, Stead 1976, Whimster 1981