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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 Totternhoe Ridge A, Dunstable

Site number 1484

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4153 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A ring ditch with a primary cremation in an urn within a pit near the centre. There was a secondary cremation in a miniature overhanging rim urn in the ditch.

Remains/Period Y4

County Bedfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SP

X coordinate 989

Y coordinate 223

Bibliographic source Hawkes 1940a, Thomas 1964

Query

Site name	Totternhoe Ridge A, Dunstable
Site number	1484
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4153 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A ring ditch with a primary cremation in an urn within a pit near the centre. There was a secondary cremation in a miniature overhanging rim urn in the ditch.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Bedfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	989
Y coordinate	223
Bibliographic source	Hawkes 1940a, Thomas 1964