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Site name Mount Farm, Dorchester-on-Thames

Site number 840

Burial codes 5001 5006 5022 5024 5026 5028 5030 5035 5042 5046 5051 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5104 5111 5123 5143 5153 5181 4001 4006 4022 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4153 4181 3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3043 3045 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3129 3143 3153 3161 3181 2002 2004 2022 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2036 2042 2045 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2108 2110 2111 2127 2128 2143 2151 2153 2181 1001 1006 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1048 1051 1065 1075 1084 1092 1098 1104 1111 1128 1143 1153 1181

3500bc - 2500bc In the southern part of this multi-period site there was a crouched burial with some fine flint knives, possibly of this period.

2500bc-14/1300bc Also in the southern part of the site was a small oval or elliptical ring ditch with a central inhumation accompanied by a Beaker.

14/1300bc-8/700bc In the Middle to Late Bronze Age a ring ditch with an external bank and a very wide flat-bottomed ditch was constructed. There was no central burial, but a small cremation pit with a complete vessel was found just inside the ditch, and traces of other cremations were found, and a piece of unburnt human skull. Another cremation was found a few metres north.

8/700bc-100bc A settlement with 'probably redeposited' adult and juvenile skull fragments and a humerus, some in pits but mainly in field ditches.

There were a number of complete inhumations in Early to Mid Iron Age contexts. An adult female overlay ploughsoil, crouched on the left side, head to N, and another adult female was in a small shallow grave, on its left side, head to SW. Both of these were in a pit or gully close to the occupation area associated with a small amount of domestic rubbish.

Two infants were 'redeposited' in occupation rubbish dump, and another in a back-filled Early Iron Age pit.

In Mid Iron Age contexts, four neo-natal infants were dumped in field ditches, and two were redeposited in a gully close to the occupation area.

100bc-AD43 In Late Iron Age contexts in the settlement a neo-natal infant was redeposited in a field.

Remains/Period Y5 Y4 Y3 Y2 Y1

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 584

Y coordinate 968

Bibliographic source Myres 1937, Lambrick 1978a, 1979, Wilson 1981

Query

Site name	Mount Farm, Dorchester-on-Thames
Site number	840
Burial codes	5001 5006 5022 5024 5026 5028 5030 5035 5042 5046 5051 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5104 5111 5123 5143 5153 5181 4001 4006 4022 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4153 4181 3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3043 3045 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3129 3143 3153 3161 3181 2002 2004 2022 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2036 2042 2045 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2108 2110 2111 2127 2128 2143 2151 2153 2181 1001 1006 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1048 1051 1065 1075 1084 1092 1098 1104 1111 1128 1143 1153 1181
3500bc - 2500bc	In the southern part of this multi-period site there was a crouched burial with some fine flint knives, possibly of this period.
2500bc-14/1300bc	Also in the southern part of the site was a small oval or elliptical ring ditch with a central inhumation accompanied by a Beaker.
14/1300bc-8/700bc	In the Middle to Late Bronze Age a ring ditch with an external bank and a very wide flat-bottomed ditch was constructed. There was no central burial, but a small cremation pit with a complete vessel was found just inside the ditch, and traces of other cremations were found, and a piece of unburnt human skull. Another cremation was found a few metres north.
8/700bc-100bc	A settlement with 'probably redeposited' adult and juvenile skull fragments and a humerus, some in pits but mainly in field ditches. There were a number of complete inhumations in Early to Mid Iron Age contexts. An adult female overlay ploughsoil, crouched on the left side, head to N, and another adult female was in a small shallow grave, on its left side, head to SW. Both of these were in a pit or gully close to the occupation area associated with a small amount of domestic rubbish. Two infants were 'redeposited' in occupation rubbish dump, and another in a back-filled Early Iron Age pit. In Mid Iron Age contexts, four neo-natal infants were dumped in field ditches, and two were redeposited in a gully close to the occupation area.
100bc-AD43	In Late Iron Age contexts in the settlement a neo-natal infant was redeposited in a field.
Remains/Period	Y5 Y4 Y3 Y2 Y1
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	584
Y coordinate	968
Bibliographic source	Myres 1937, Lambrick 1978a, 1979, Wilson 1981