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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 Queenford Farm, Dorchester-on-Thames

Site number 1419

Burial codes 3001 3006 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3042 3045 3051 3065 3075 3084 3091 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3182

14/1300bc-8/700bc An inhumation burial of a person whose pelvis had been pierced by a small Bronze Age spearhead, broken on withdrawal. This is a parallel with the pit burial at West Littleton Down (Site 366).

Remains/Period Y3

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 570

Y coordinate 960

Bibliographic source Knight, Browne and Grinsell 1972

Query

Site name	Queenford Farm, Dorchester-on-Thames
Site number	1419
Burial codes	3001 3006 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3042 3045 3051 3065 3075 3084 3091 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3182
14/1300bc-8/700bc	An inhumation burial of a person whose pelvis had been pierced by a small Bronze Age spearhead, broken on withdrawal. This is a parallel with the pit burial at West Littleton Down (Site 366).
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	570
Y coordinate	960
Bibliographic source	Knight, Browne and Grinsell 1972