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Site name | Shottesbrooke, Near Littlefield Green |
Site number | 133 |
Burial codes | 5001 5006 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5041 5048 5051 5053 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5104 5111 5129 5143 5153 5181 |
3500bc - 2500bc | A pit containing a thin layer of charcoal, ash and minute scraps of calcined bone including a possible human skull fragment. The filling included 4 flint flakes, 2 cores, and 4 sherds probably of Neolithic date. There were 2 other pits with traces of burning seen nearby. |
Remains/Period | Y5 |
County | Berkshire |
Region | SE |
National grid square | SU |
X coordinate | 852 |
Y coordinate | 767 |
Bibliographic source | Anon 1964 |
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