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Site name Ramsgate 4, Lord of the Manor 4, Thanet

Site number 892

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4122 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow partially destroyed by the Haine Road, containing an ovoid pit at the centre, round bottomed and measuring c1.3m x 1.1m x 0.95m deep, with a cremation accompanied by a bronze awl, and a slotted incense cup of Longworth's Whinny Liggate type. Half of the pit fill was tightly packed flints at the north end, the other half dark brown densely packed soil. In this and just above the floor was a quantity of calcined bone and the incense cup containing the awl.

Remains/Period Y4

County Kent

Region SE

National grid square TR

X coordinate 355

Y coordinate 654

Bibliographic source Perkins and MacPherson-Grant 1981, Grinsell 1992

Query

Site name	Ramsgate 4, Lord of the Manor 4, Thanet
Site number	892
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4122 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow partially destroyed by the Haine Road, containing an ovoid pit at the centre, round bottomed and measuring c1.3m x 1.1m x 0.95m deep, with a cremation accompanied by a bronze awl, and a slotted incense cup of Longworth's Whinny Liggate type. Half of the pit fill was tightly packed flints at the north end, the other half dark brown densely packed soil. In this and just above the floor was a quantity of calcined bone and the incense cup containing the awl.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Kent
Region	SE
National grid square	TR
X coordinate	355
Y coordinate	654
Bibliographic source	Perkins and MacPherson-Grant 1981, Grinsell 1992