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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 Newnham Murren

Site number 139

Burial codes 5001 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5045 5051 5065 5072 5085 5091 5097 5102 5106 5112 5124 5129 5143 5153 5181

3500bc - 2500bc A double ring ditch, with an oval central burial pit c1.8m x 1.5m, oriented SE, containing a tightly contracted inhumation of a female aged 25-35, oriented SE, facing south west and lying on her left side. A small body sherd of Abingdon style was in front of the head, and two flint flakes by the knees, one serrated as common in Middle Neolithic flint industries. A layer of gravel covered the skeleton, not all of which was present, both thumbs and the tali being missing.

Remains/Period Y5

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 603

Y coordinate 888

Bibliographic source Moorey 1982, Case and Whittle 1982

Query

Site name	Newnham Murren
Site number	139
Burial codes	5001 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5045 5051 5065 5072 5085 5091 5097 5102 5106 5112 5124 5129 5143 5153 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	A double ring ditch, with an oval central burial pit c1.8m x 1.5m, oriented SE, containing a tightly contracted inhumation of a female aged 25-35, oriented SE, facing south west and lying on her left side. A small body sherd of Abingdon style was in front of the head, and two flint flakes by the knees, one serrated as common in Middle Neolithic flint industries. A layer of gravel covered the skeleton, not all of which was present, both thumbs and the tali being missing.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	603
Y coordinate	888
Bibliographic source	Moorey 1982, Case and Whittle 1982