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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 Shefford Woodlands

Site number 961

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4156 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow with ditch with a berm and a (later?) flint kerb surviving on the berm. The mound was of ditch material, clay with a chalk capping, and possibly a casing of flint nodules of varying depth. There was a central cremation in a flint lined cist, possibly accompanied by a collared urn. There were cremations to the north and west, and possibly to the south, forming secondary or satellite burials.

Remains/Period Y4

County Hampshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 374

Y coordinate 473

Bibliographic source Richards 1986-90

Query

Site name	Shefford Woodlands
Site number	961
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4036 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4156 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow with ditch with a berm and a (later?) flint kerb surviving on the berm. The mound was of ditch material, clay with a chalk capping, and possibly a casing of flint nodules of varying depth. There was a central cremation in a flint lined cist, possibly accompanied by a collared urn. There were cremations to the north and west, and possibly to the south, forming secondary or satellite burials.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Hampshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	374
Y coordinate	473
Bibliographic source	Richards 1986-90