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Site name Doles Coppice, Hurstbourne Tarrant

Site number 1319

Burial codes 1001 1005 1021 1023 1025 1028 1030 1035 1041 1046 1051 1065 1075 1084 1091 1098 1102 1106 1128 1143 1152 1153 1181

100bc-AD43 A more conical round barrow of flint and chalky rubble with 0.9m to the east of the centre a small circular pit cut in the chalk containing a considerable quantity of charcoal and charred bones. The parts of the cranium surviving indicated the cremation of an adult female c25. There was a small sandstone slab just above the pit. Two or three sherds of pottery were also found. [Date?].

Remains/Period Y1

County Hampshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 380

Y coordinate 530

Bibliographic source Dewar 1925, 1927

Query

Site name	Doles Coppice, Hurstbourne Tarrant
Site number	1319
Burial codes	1001 1005 1021 1023 1025 1028 1030 1035 1041 1046 1051 1065 1075 1084 1091 1098 1102 1106 1128 1143 1152 1153 1181
100bc-AD43	A more conical round barrow of flint and chalky rubble with 0.9m to the east of the centre a small circular pit cut in the chalk containing a considerable quantity of charcoal and charred bones. The parts of the cranium surviving indicated the cremation of an adult female c25. There was a small sandstone slab just above the pit. Two or three sherds of pottery were also found. [Date?].
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Hampshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	380
Y coordinate	530
Bibliographic source	Dewar 1925, 1927