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Site name Eastcotts, Bedford Southern Bypass

Site number 1468

Burial codes 4001 4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4122 4143 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc An isolated crouched inhumation with accompanying grave goods suggesting a Late Neolithic date. These included a leaf shaped arrow head, two flint bladelets, a cutting blade and a soft hammer flake. Nearby was a pit containing a large quantity of flint: 3 scrapers possibly from the same nodule, a fragment of sickle or arrow head, many fragments of debitage including fire fractured flakes, and crested flakes core rejuvenation material. Many were soft hammer flakes. The cohesiveness of the assemblage suggests the pit and contents may be associated with the burial.

Remains/Period Y4

County Bedfordshire

Region SE

National grid square TL

X coordinate 50

Y coordinate 480

Bibliographic source Dawson 1993

Query

Site name	Eastcotts, Bedford Southern Bypass
Site number	1468
Burial codes	4001 4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4122 4143 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	An isolated crouched inhumation with accompanying grave goods suggesting a Late Neolithic date. These included a leaf shaped arrow head, two flint bladelets, a cutting blade and a soft hammer flake. Nearby was a pit containing a large quantity of flint: 3 scrapers possibly from the same nodule, a fragment of sickle or arrow head, many fragments of debitage including fire fractured flakes, and crested flakes core rejuvenation material. Many were soft hammer flakes. The cohesiveness of the assemblage suggests the pit and contents may be associated with the burial.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Bedfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	TL
X coordinate	50
Y coordinate	480
Bibliographic source	Dawson 1993