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Site name Chartham 1, Iffin's Wood, Canterbury

Site number 880

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4093 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4151 4152 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with a mound of fine brick earth, containing 5 cremations under collared urns, one central, and the others to the NE and S. Four urns were of the same size, the fifth much larger. Each urn had its mouth stopped with clay, and no vestiges of grave goods were found. The urns were standing on the old ground surface.

Remains/Period Y4

County Kent

Region SE

National grid square TR

X coordinate 133

Y coordinate 541

Bibliographic source Woodruff 1874, 1880, Ashbee and Dunning 1960, Grinsell 1992

Query

Site name	Chartham 1, Iffin's Wood, Canterbury
Site number	880
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4093 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4151 4152 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with a mound of fine brick earth, containing 5 cremations under collared urns, one central, and the others to the NE and S. Four urns were of the same size, the fifth much larger. Each urn had its mouth stopped with clay, and no vestiges of grave goods were found. The urns were standing on the old ground surface.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Kent
Region	SE
National grid square	TR
X coordinate	133
Y coordinate	541
Bibliographic source	Woodruff 1874, 1880, Ashbee and Dunning 1960, Grinsell 1992