This page just gives key evidence to solicit feedback to help with the interpretation of the Bronze Age 'Barrow'. Anyone seeking more background is welcome to browse the Lofts Farm Interim Reports.
All original photographs, site notebooks and plans are available for browsing on-line.

Thanks to a Lloyds Bank Equipment Fund grant we have obtained a carbon date from the small quantity of charcoal found with the bone fragments in small pit LFN32. Harwell Low Level Measurements Laboratory has provided the following results:

1. Code Number   HAR - 6391
2. Conventional Radiocarbon Age  
   (i) YEARS BP 3540+120   (ii) BP-1950 1590bc
3. Stable Isotope Ratio Delc13        -27.9 o/oo

Flint - Cremations - Pottery

The very fragmentary cremation remains found may represent a small proportion of the original deposits.

Although few in number the finds recovered contribute a great deal towards our understanding of the archaeology.

Can you help?

• What might we call this type of feature if it is not a Barrow?
• What other Bronze Age 'Barrows' have a central structure or ring?
• What other Bronze Age 'Barrows' have a deliberate break or causeway in the main ring?
• What other Bronze Age 'Barrows' have no central burial but satellite burials?
• What other field systems have respected a 'Barrow' when first laid out?
• What other Bronze Age 'Barrows' have Iron Age add-ons?
• On the West side of the enclosure why dig 30 Metres of ditch leaving a very small neat gap in the middle?
• Any other questions I should be asking?

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