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Site name Kingston Blount, Aston Rowant

Site number 1287

Burial codes 1002 1006 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1041 1048 1051 1065 1075 1084 1098 1104 1109 1111 1129 1143 1153 1161 1181

100bc-AD43 Two cremation burials were discovered in a pit, each accompanied by a single pottery vessel: the calcined bones of an adult were contained in a necked jar, and the bones of an infant in a small bead rimmed bowl.

Remains/Period Y1

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 739

Y coordinate 994

Bibliographic source Chambers 1976, Whimster 1981

Query

Site name	Kingston Blount, Aston Rowant
Site number	1287
Burial codes	1002 1006 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1041 1048 1051 1065 1075 1084 1098 1104 1109 1111 1129 1143 1153 1161 1181
100bc-AD43	Two cremation burials were discovered in a pit, each accompanied by a single pottery vessel: the calcined bones of an adult were contained in a necked jar, and the bones of an infant in a small bead rimmed bowl.
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	739
Y coordinate	994
Bibliographic source	Chambers 1976, Whimster 1981