Monument record 2288/1/8 - Possible Neolithic cremations, Aldwincle

The remains of eleven cremations were found just to the southwest of the Neolithic monument Aldwincle 1 (SP 98 SE 18). When discovered, the pits had been largely removed in preparation for gravel extraction. None of the cremations were directly associated with any pottery vessels, although some sherds of Collared Urn and other Early Bronze Age forms/fabrics in the surviving upper fills of one pit suggests that the cremations may have been no later in date than the Early Bronze Age. However, this particular pit, while containing some cremated human bone, was larger than the others and its fill differed from the dark ashy material characteristic of them. Two of the cremations were adult males.

{5} The remains of eleven unurned cremations were found to the south-west of the Neolithic mortuary enclosure [2288/1/7]. Much of the upper part of the pits had been scraped away. Pottery found in the top of one pit suggests they were no later in date than the Bronze Age.

<1> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1973, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1972, p.3 (checked) (Journal). SNN8956.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.4 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<3> KINNES I., 1979, Round Barrows And Ring Ditches in The British Neolithic, p.124 (unchecked) (Document). SNN46207.

<4> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1977, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1976 (Report). SNN723.

<5> Jackson, D., 1976, The Excavation of Neolithic and Bronze Age Sites at Aldwincle, Northants, 1967-71, p. 41 (Article). SNN43101.

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