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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Five Knolls Ring Ditch 7

Site number 929

Burial codes 4002 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4151 4161 4181 3001 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3046 3051 3065 3075 3084 3092 3098 3104 3108 3113 3127 3143 3153 3181

2500bc-14/1300bc An uninterrupted ring ditch with no interments found within the circle. The original burial may have been placed on the ground or in a shallow pit and covered by a mound. The ditch had been recut for two thirds of its length in its second phase. Human remains were found in the ditch fill as follows: Area I - several pieces of probably human calcined bone in association with many sherds of a single pot; Area IV - fragments of calcined human bone with potsherds. These potsherds were from small collared urns.

14/1300bc-8/700bc Into the silt fill of the recut ditch at the south (Area VI), was dug a small oval pit which contained calcined bones from the cremation of a youth mixed with small fragments of charcoal and ash like soil and 240 flints (66 of these were burnt). Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pottery was in levels associated with this deposit.

Remains/Period Y4 Y3

County Bedfordshire

Region SE

National grid square TL

X coordinate 3

Y coordinate 222

Bibliographic source Matthews 1976

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Site name	Five Knolls Ring Ditch 7
Site number	929
Burial codes	4002 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4151 4161 4181 3001 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3046 3051 3065 3075 3084 3092 3098 3104 3108 3113 3127 3143 3153 3181
2500bc-14/1300bc	An uninterrupted ring ditch with no interments found within the circle. The original burial may have been placed on the ground or in a shallow pit and covered by a mound. The ditch had been recut for two thirds of its length in its second phase. Human remains were found in the ditch fill as follows: Area I - several pieces of probably human calcined bone in association with many sherds of a single pot; Area IV - fragments of calcined human bone with potsherds. These potsherds were from small collared urns.
14/1300bc-8/700bc	Into the silt fill of the recut ditch at the south (Area VI), was dug a small oval pit which contained calcined bones from the cremation of a youth mixed with small fragments of charcoal and ash like soil and 240 flints (66 of these were burnt). Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pottery was in levels associated with this deposit.
Remains/Period	Y4 Y3
County	Bedfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	TL
X coordinate	3
Y coordinate	222
Bibliographic source	Matthews 1976