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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 Barrow Hills Field 4, Radley

Site number 987

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4104 4108 4123 4143 4151 4152 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc Two barrows 4 and 4A contained within a single ditch, forming a regular arc at the north east, but straightening on both sides to join a smaller regular arc at the south west, making a pear shape.

Barrow 4 had a mound and berm, was 6m distant from 4A and of similar construction, perhaps with more evidence for turves in the mound make-up. Just west of the centre the primary burial appeared as a little conical heap of powdered charcoal c0.5m across and 0.22m high containing a few calcined bone fragments. In the middle of the heap was a small bronze knife-dagger which had lost its point before being deposited. It had a rounded butt, two rivets, and resembled that at Barrow Hills Field 16 (Site 978). The remains were those of a child c6-12, many bone fragments having been broken after cremation.

The space between the two barrows had been originally filled, and the whole construction must have appeared as of hour glass shape.

Remains/Period Y4

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 517

Y coordinate 984

Bibliographic source Williams 1948, Roberts 1950

Query

Site name	Barrow Hills Field 4, Radley
Site number	987
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4104 4108 4123 4143 4151 4152 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	Two barrows 4 and 4A contained within a single ditch, forming a regular arc at the north east, but straightening on both sides to join a smaller regular arc at the south west, making a pear shape. Barrow 4 had a mound and berm, was 6m distant from 4A and of similar construction, perhaps with more evidence for turves in the mound make-up. Just west of the centre the primary burial appeared as a little conical heap of powdered charcoal c0.5m across and 0.22m high containing a few calcined bone fragments. In the middle of the heap was a small bronze knife-dagger which had lost its point before being deposited. It had a rounded butt, two rivets, and resembled that at Barrow Hills Field 16 (Site 978). The remains were those of a child c6-12, many bone fragments having been broken after cremation. The space between the two barrows had been originally filled, and the whole construction must have appeared as of hour glass shape.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	517
Y coordinate	984
Bibliographic source	Williams 1948, Roberts 1950