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Site name Daneshill, Basingstoke
Site number 1576
Burial codes 3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3084 3091 3094 3104 3105 3106 3108 3109 3110 3111 3128 3141 3153 3161 3173 3181 3200
14/1300bc-8/700bc An urn cemetery clustered in an area c10m across, comprising 13-14 deposits, the bulk of the graves being within 2m of each other. There is an impression that the design of the cemetery was roughly circular with a few outliers. 11-12 of these deposits were Deverel-Rimbury urned cremations, of which at least 5 were clearly set in inverted urns, the other two being unurned cremations. In at least two graves there were multiple burials. Between the graves there was a series of pits and post holes, mostly undated, but some possibly associated with the cemetery.

The urned burials included No 1 an adult, 3 a sub-adult, 8a several children of various ages, and 13a an adult, a child c2-3, and a child c9. The unurned burials included No 8b a very young infant and a child c9, and 13b an adult.

RC: from cremation charcoal No 8 HAR-9108 1280 +/-90, and from No 20 HAR-9109 1250 +/-70
Remains/Period Y3
County Hampshire
Region S
National grid square SU
X coordinate 656
Y coordinate 554
Bibliographic source Millett and Schadla-Hall 1992


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