Bronze Age Cremation pits at Birch Coppice, Baddesley Ensor

Description of this historic site

A group of five small pits containing cremated bone and charcoal dating to the middle Bronze Age were discovered at Birch Coppice.

Notes about this historic site

1 Five small pits containing cremated bone and charcoal were found. A carbon date from one the human bone fragments dated to 1495-1319 Cal. BC. They are likely to represent redeposited pyre debris rather than formal cremation deposits.

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