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Site name Balcombe Quarry, Glynde

Site number 1318

Burial codes 1002 1003 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1046 1051 1065 1075 1084 1092 1098 1102 1104 1106 1109 1110 1128 1129 1143 1153 1181

100bc-AD43 An isolated pit burial comprising a crouched female adult c25 and an infant under 3 months was found in the upper filling of the ditch of an Iron Age settlement. The infant was accompanied by a tiny handmade vessel about the size of an egg cup. Pottery found on the settlement site is of Iron Age South-eastern Second B for the initial settlement phase, with fuller occupation using the almost silted ditch as the settlement perimeter evidenced by South-eastern Third B sherds.

Remains/Period Y1

County Sussex

Region SE

National grid square TQ

X coordinate 450

Y coordinate 80

Bibliographic source Burstow and Norris 1962, Burstow, Holleyman and Norris 1968, Wilson 1981

Query

Site name	Balcombe Quarry, Glynde
Site number	1318
Burial codes	1002 1003 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1046 1051 1065 1075 1084 1092 1098 1102 1104 1106 1109 1110 1128 1129 1143 1153 1181
100bc-AD43	An isolated pit burial comprising a crouched female adult c25 and an infant under 3 months was found in the upper filling of the ditch of an Iron Age settlement. The infant was accompanied by a tiny handmade vessel about the size of an egg cup. Pottery found on the settlement site is of Iron Age South-eastern Second B for the initial settlement phase, with fuller occupation using the almost silted ditch as the settlement perimeter evidenced by South-eastern Third B sherds.
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Sussex
Region	SE
National grid square	TQ
X coordinate	450
Y coordinate	80
Bibliographic source	Burstow and Norris 1962, Burstow, Holleyman and Norris 1968, Wilson 1981