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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 Chadlington Downs Farm Quarry, Chipping Norton

Site number 1310

Burial codes 5002 5006 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5036 5042 5045 5051 5053 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5104 5111 5125 5127 5143 5153 5181

3500bc - 2500bc Two pits of beehive form, c1.5m deep x 1.2m in diameter, were discovered in quarrying, one of which contained portions of two human skulls, many bones and teeth of animals, and fragments of black ill-made pottery without ornamentation. The second pit contained animal bones and similar potsherds. [Date secure, or 8/700-100 bc?].

Remains/Period Y5

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SP

X coordinate 370

Y coordinate 210

Bibliographic source Hogg 1905-06

Query

Site name	Chadlington Downs Farm Quarry, Chipping Norton
Site number	1310
Burial codes	5002 5006 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5036 5042 5045 5051 5053 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5104 5111 5125 5127 5143 5153 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	Two pits of beehive form, c1.5m deep x 1.2m in diameter, were discovered in quarrying, one of which contained portions of two human skulls, many bones and teeth of animals, and fragments of black ill-made pottery without ornamentation. The second pit contained animal bones and similar potsherds. [Date secure, or 8/700-100 bc?].
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	370
Y coordinate	210
Bibliographic source	Hogg 1905-06