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Site name Litton Cheney Enclosure
Site number 952
Burial codes 4003 4009 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4151 4153 4154 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc A enclosure with a circular structure set against the bank in the south west quadrant. Inside the presumed house and near the central post hole was a small pit containing a cremation in a collared urn. The house and cremation were considered contemporary.

A low flint cairn had been cut down into the back of the bank in the south west quadrant, and this contained as many as 6 cremations, 3 in urns, and the rest placed loose on the ground surface.

Grooved ware pottery was found on site.
Remains/Period Y4
County Dorset
Region S
National grid square SY
X coordinate 540
Y coordinate 920
Bibliographic source Catherall 1975, 1976b


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