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S.H. 14.6.82.", "ContextType": "2a GRAVE", "BiblioSources": "(a) Hall & Woodward (1977) 1-6 Figs. 1-4, Plate 1 & 2", "Circumstances": "Ring Ditch 1 was obeserved and recorded by David Hall and John Hutchings in 1973 during machine stripping of the top soil prior to gravel extraction. Due to the difficulties of precisely locating the ring ditch from the oblique aerial photographs available, part of it was stripped by quarry machinery down to gravel bedrock. The third of the ditch exposed only survived to a depth of 25cm in the gravel and yielded no finds.\r\nManual excavatoin by the same workers in 1974, after mechanical stripping of the topsoil of the remaining two-thirds of the ring ditch had exposed a white streak of cremated bone near the centre, revealed the remains of a collared urn (2) in a shallow pit, which had been inverted over the cremated bones of two individuals, one male and one female. The greater part of the urn had been ploughed away leaving only about 17cm of the rim. A thin dark layer immediately below the rim suggested that the urn had been covered by some organic material to stop the contents falling out after inversion. Among the cremated bones were a small bronze awl (1) a small bone dagger-pommel (3) and the remains of a jet and amber necklace.", "FindAltSiteRel": ""}}, {"id": 148692, "created": "2020-09-24T23:36:26.182239", "project_id": 456, "task_id": 85376, "user_id": 658, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-09-24T23:50:40.346707", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"NGR": "TL 013 575", "Site": "Bedfordshire, Radwell, Ring Ditch I", "CollHist": "Collection:\r\nBedford Museum", "Contents": "Metal:\r\n(1) Small bronze awl.\r\n\r\nOther:\r\n(2) Rim and shoulder sherds of a collared urn.\r\n(3) Small bone dagger pommel with two perforations for rivets.\r\n(4) Remains of a jet & amber necklace comprising: \r\n     Jet: 94 disc-beads & fragments of two others, 13 ovate beads & fragments of at least 2 others and a jet \r\n     spacer plate.\r\n     Amber: one pestle-shaped bead, a V-perforated button, nine ovate beads and fragments from at least 3 \r\n     others if not more, and seven fragments of a spacer-plate or plates.", "comments": "", "ArchiveEtc": "Rec.: S.H. 14.6.82", "ContextType": "2a. Grave", "BiblioSources": "(a) Hall & Woodward (1977) 1-6, Figs. 1-4, Plate 1 & 2", "Circumstances": "     Ring Ditch I was observed and recorded by David Hall and John Hutchings in 1973 during maching stripping of the topsoil prior to gravel extraction. Due to the difficulties of precisely locating the ring ditch from the oblique aerial photographs available, part of it was stripped by quarry machinery down to gravel bedrock. The third of the ditch exposed only survived to a depth of 25 cm in the gravel and yielded no finds. Manual excavation by the same workers in 1974, after mechanical stripping of the topsoil of the remaining two-thirds of the ring ditch had exposed a white streak of cremated bone near the centre, revealed the remains of a collared urn (2) in a shallow pit, which had been inverted over the cremated bones of two individuals, one male and one female. The greater part of the urn had been ploughed away, leaving only about 17 cm of the rim. A thin dark layer immediately below the rim suggested that the urn had been covered by some organic material to stop the contents falling out after inversion. Among the cremated bones was a small bronze awl (1), a small bone dagger-pommel (3) and the remains of a jet and amber necklace.", "FindAltSiteRel": ""}}, {"id": 148735, "created": "2020-09-25T15:28:42.503876", "project_id": 456, "task_id": 85376, "user_id": 2005, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-09-25T15:28:48.466292", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"NGR": "TL 013 / 575", "Site": "BEDFORDSHIRE / RADWELL / RING DITCH 1", "CollHist": "Bedford Museum", "Contents": "Metal\r\n-------\r\n(1) Small bronze awl\r\nOther\r\n-------\r\n(2) Rim and shoulder sherds of a collared urn\r\n(3) Small bone dagger pommel with two perforations for rivets\r\n(4) Remains of a jet and amber necklace comprising: jet: 94 disc-beads and fragments of two others, 13 ovate beads and fragments of at least two others and a jet spacer plate. Amber: one pestle-shaped bead, a v-perforated button, nine ovate beads and fragments from at least 3 others if not more and seven fragments of a spacer plate or plates.", "comments": "", "ArchiveEtc": "/S.H.  14.6.82", "ContextType": "2a GRAVE", "BiblioSources": "(a) Hall & Woodward (1977) 1-6  Figs.1-4 Plate 1 & 2", "Circumstances": "   Ring Ditch 1 was observed and recorded by David Hall and John Hutchings in 1973 during machine stripping of the topsoil prior to gravel extraction. Due to the difficulties of precisely locating the ring ditch from the oblique aerial photographs\r\navailable, part of it was stripped by quarry machinery down to gravel bedrock. \r\nThe third of the ditch exposed only survived to a depth of 25 cm. in the gravel and yielded no finds. Manual excavation by the same workers in 1974, after\r\nmechanical stripping of the topsoil of the remaining two-thirds of the ring ditch had exposed a white streak of cremated bone near the centre, revealed the remains of a collared urn (2) in a shallow pit, which had been inverted over the\r\ncremated bones of two individuals, one male and one female. The greater part of the urn had been ploughed away leaving only about 17 cm. of the rim. A thin dark\r\nlayer immediately below the rim suggested that the urn had been covered by some organic material to stop the contents falling out after inversion. Among the cremated bones were a small bronze awl (1) a small bone dagger-pommel (3) and the remains of a jet and amber necklace.", "FindAltSiteRel": ""}}]