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Site name Sadler's Barn Field, Sulham

Site number 998

Burial codes 3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3081 3084 3097 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3156 3160 3161 3173 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc Deposits of at least 15 urns, some incomplete but all containing cremated material, and of two cremations without urns, were found all in a very limited space. The urns were of the bucket and barrel type and where possible to record their position were inverted. Over a number there appeared to have been a layer of black carbonaceous matter containing flints and stones reddened by fire. Urns 14 and 15 rested on a platform of stones, flint pebbles being especially numerous. Under one of these was found a quartzite pebble used as a grinding muller for grain. The 2 unurned cremations stood on and were protected by stones. There were at certain points traces of fire in cracked, calcined and reddened stones, and in the E/SE area in particular was a large layer c6m in diameter of fine carbonaceous matter 15cm thick to the south east of the urn group and about 1.2m distant. This may have been the crematorium.

Remains/Period Y3

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 640

Y coordinate 740

Bibliographic source Shrubsole 1907

Query

Site name	Sadler's Barn Field, Sulham
Site number	998
Burial codes	3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3081 3084 3097 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3156 3160 3161 3173 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	Deposits of at least 15 urns, some incomplete but all containing cremated material, and of two cremations without urns, were found all in a very limited space. The urns were of the bucket and barrel type and where possible to record their position were inverted. Over a number there appeared to have been a layer of black carbonaceous matter containing flints and stones reddened by fire. Urns 14 and 15 rested on a platform of stones, flint pebbles being especially numerous. Under one of these was found a quartzite pebble used as a grinding muller for grain. The 2 unurned cremations stood on and were protected by stones. There were at certain points traces of fire in cracked, calcined and reddened stones, and in the E/SE area in particular was a large layer c6m in diameter of fine carbonaceous matter 15cm thick to the south east of the urn group and about 1.2m distant. This may have been the crematorium.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	640
Y coordinate	740
Bibliographic source	Shrubsole 1907