Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

Background to the Gazetteer | Table of Contents

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 Lambourn Seven Barrows 18

Site number 993

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4121 4122 4143 4151 4152 4156 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow with a recorded secondary burial comprising a circular cist of sarsens with capstone, containing a cremation with ashes, a bronze awl like that in No 1 (Site 970) and a shale ring. Alongside the capstone was a jet amulet.

Remains/Period Y4

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 328

Y coordinate 827

Bibliographic source Case 1956-57

Query

Site name	Lambourn Seven Barrows 18
Site number	993
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4121 4122 4143 4151 4152 4156 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow with a recorded secondary burial comprising a circular cist of sarsens with capstone, containing a cremation with ashes, a bronze awl like that in No 1 (Site 970) and a shale ring. Alongside the capstone was a jet amulet.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	328
Y coordinate	827
Bibliographic source	Case 1956-57