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Site name Goldington Site 1

Site number 916

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4033 4036 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4141 4153 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A Class 1 henge with a single entrance in the SW, with 7 pairs of shallow post pits regularly spaced around the circumference of the enclosed area. The ditch had been recut and backfilled twice, the second time with pottery, flints and hazel nuts. Two cremations were placed in off centre positions, one of them comprising large fragments of burnt bone packed around an inverted collared urn of the Early Bronze Age, which itself contained cremated material. This had been deposited in a pit which showed signs of burning and was cut through wind-blown deposits sealing the site.

Remains/Period Y4

County Bedfordshire

Region SE

National grid square TL

X coordinate 78

Y coordinate 504

Bibliographic source Baker and Mustoe 1988, Mustoe 1988

Query

Site name	Goldington Site 1
Site number	916
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4033 4036 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4141 4153 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A Class 1 henge with a single entrance in the SW, with 7 pairs of shallow post pits regularly spaced around the circumference of the enclosed area. The ditch had been recut and backfilled twice, the second time with pottery, flints and hazel nuts. Two cremations were placed in off centre positions, one of them comprising large fragments of burnt bone packed around an inverted collared urn of the Early Bronze Age, which itself contained cremated material. This had been deposited in a pit which showed signs of burning and was cut through wind-blown deposits sealing the site.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Bedfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	TL
X coordinate	78
Y coordinate	504
Bibliographic source	Baker and Mustoe 1988, Mustoe 1988