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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 Hillside, Kingsclere

Site number 1540

Burial codes 5001 5005 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5042 5046 5051 5065 5072 5084 5091 5098 5101 5108 5128 5143 5153 5181

3500bc - 2500bc An isolated pit burial of a male c16-18, probably extended, of dolichocephalic type. The pit was an irregularly shaped cavity with the body lying on its left side, head to E, hands before the face, and the head protected by a large unhewn block of conglomerate stone.

Remains/Period Y5

County Hampshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 520

Y coordinate 580

Bibliographic source Money 1914, Crawford 1915

Query

Site name	Hillside, Kingsclere
Site number	1540
Burial codes	5001 5005 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5042 5046 5051 5065 5072 5084 5091 5098 5101 5108 5128 5143 5153 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	An isolated pit burial of a male c16-18, probably extended, of dolichocephalic type. The pit was an irregularly shaped cavity with the body lying on its left side, head to E, hands before the face, and the head protected by a large unhewn block of conglomerate stone.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Hampshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	520
Y coordinate	580
Bibliographic source	Money 1914, Crawford 1915