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Date BP | 4280 +/- 45 |
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Start Date BP | 4325 |
End Date BP | 4235 |
Source of date | EH |
Period | BRONZE AGE |
Site/subject type | 4B |
OS grid square | SK |
Easting | 605 |
Northing | 101 |
Abstract | Birstall Watermead Country Park: human bones from the palaeochannel |
Report | Birstall Watermead Country Park- Human bone; skull, male; one of ten Human bones recovered from spoil produced by stripping of overburden for gravel extraction. Bones had peaty silt matrix adhering to them, and apparently were from a peaty silt deposit within the palaeochannel, which was sealed by 1.5m of alluvial clay containing no post Bronze Age finds or features. |
Name of archaeologist | S Ripper |
Bibliographic reference | Ripper, S, 2004 Bodies, burnt mounds and bridges: a riverine landscape at Watermead Park,Birstall,Leicestershire,ULAS report, 2004-48 |
Other dates from a similar location...
Birm-257 4054 +/- 122
Birm-253 3970 +/- 85
GrA-23745 4100 +/- 40 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GrA-23700 3835 +/- 40 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GrA-23698 3850 +/- 40 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GrA-23589 3840 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: bones and timbers
GrA-23588 4290 +/- 45 Birstall Watermead Country Park: human bones from
GrA-23585 3925 +/- 45 Birstall Watermead Country Park: bones and timbers
GrA-23584 2105 +/- 45 Birstall Watermead Country Park: bones and timbers
GrA-23572 2165 +/- 45 Birstall Watermead Country Park: bones and timbers
OxA-12644 4039 +/- 31 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
OxA-12635 1698 +/- 30 Birstall Watermead Country Park: macrofossils in p
OxA-12634 1048 +/- 28 Birstall Watermead Country Park: macrofossils in p
OxA-12586 4172 +/- 34 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
OxA-12585 3971 +/- 34 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
OxA-12573 3877 +/- 34 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
OxA-12549 1207 +/- 27 Birstall Watermead Country Park: macrofossils in p
OxA-12548 2042 +/- 25 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
OxA-12484 932 +/- 28 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
OxA-12482 4490 +/- 33 Birstall Watermead Country Park: macrofossils in p
OxA-12998 4039 +/- 31 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GU-5983 3890 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GU-5984 3800 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GU-5994 3640 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GU-5995 3730 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GU-5986 3940 +/- 100 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GU-5985 3890 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GrA-24519 3890 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GrA-24516 3850 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
OxA-12959 3913 +/- 36 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GrA-24520 3700 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
OxA-12958 3765 +/- 34 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
OxA-12957 3725 +/- 34 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GU-5987 3870 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GU-5988 3880 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: burnt mound seque
GU-5980 1580 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: bones and timbers
GU-5981 1530 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: bones and timbers
GU-5982 1510 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: bones and timbers
OxA-12823 2110 +/- 90 Birstall Watermead Country Park: macrofossils in p
OxA-12826 1625 +/- 50 Birstall Watermead Country Park: macrofossils in p
GrA-24528 1620 +/- 45 Birstall Watermead Country Park: macrofossils in p
OxA-12973 1682 +/- 33 Birstall Watermead Country Park: macrofossils in p
OxA-12999 1207 +/- 27 Birstall Watermead Country Park: macrofossils in p
OxA-12773 2256 +/- 28 Birstall Watermead Country Park: macrofossils in p
OxA-12550 1044 +/- 24 Birstall Watermead Country Park: macrofossils in p
OxA-16155 3352 +/- 33 Cossington: site 1
OxA-16156 3317 +/- 33 Cossington: site 1
OxA-16157 3359 +/- 34 Cossington: site 1
OxA-16158 3306 +/- 33 Cossington: site 1
SUERC-11272 4285 +/- 35 Cossington: site 1
SUERC-11273 3340 +/- 35 Cossington: site 1
SUERC-11274 3525 +/- 35 Cossington: site 1
SUERC-11275 3360 +/- 35 Cossington: site 1
SUERC-11276 3430 +/- 35 Cossington: site 2
SUERC-11277 3660 +/- 35 Cossington: site 2
OxA-16055 4693 +/- 32 Cossington: site 3
OxA-16056 3863 +/- 32 Cossington: site 3
OxA-16057 3813 +/- 30 Cossington: site 3
OxA-16058 3882 +/- 30 Cossington: site 3
OxA-16059 3877 +/- 29 Cossington: site 3
OxA-16032 4029 +/- 37 Cossington: site 4
OxA-16053 4519 +/- 32 Cossington: site 4
OxA-16054 3931 +/- 31 Cossington: site 4
SUERC-11278 4395 +/- 35 Cossington: site 4
SUERC-11282 4045 +/- 35 Cossington: site 4
OxA-16060 3477 +/- 32 Cossington: site 5
OxA-16061 3539 +/- 29 Cossington: site 5
SUERC-11283 3295 +/- 35 Cossington: site 5
These records occupy the same 10km OS grid square as the record above (SK61)