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Site name Thorness, Isle of Wight

Site number 846

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4047 4051 4065 4075 4081 4091 4098 4102 4104 4108 4111 4128 4143 4153 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc An inverted collared urn buried in a hole dug in gravel. The urn was filled with clean cremated bone packed in clean sand without any ash, the mouth filled with earth containing a small amount of charcoal. Some burnt bones were deposited 15cm above the inverted base. The bones were of a female (?), youngish, and a child, and a frontal fragment of another cranium. It was suggested that the cremation site had been used for other cremations.

Remains/Period Y4

County Hampshire

Region S

National grid square SZ

X coordinate 459

Y coordinate 870

Bibliographic source Sherwin 1939

Query

Site name	Thorness, Isle of Wight
Site number	846
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4047 4051 4065 4075 4081 4091 4098 4102 4104 4108 4111 4128 4143 4153 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	An inverted collared urn buried in a hole dug in gravel. The urn was filled with clean cremated bone packed in clean sand without any ash, the mouth filled with earth containing a small amount of charcoal. Some burnt bones were deposited 15cm above the inverted base. The bones were of a female (?), youngish, and a child, and a frontal fragment of another cranium. It was suggested that the cremation site had been used for other cremations.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Hampshire
Region	S
National grid square	SZ
X coordinate	459
Y coordinate	870
Bibliographic source	Sherwin 1939