Cremation Cemetery at Beggarwood Lane, Basingstoke

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In this video highlight, our osteoarchaeologist Sharon Clough describes the Early Bronze Age cremation cemetery excavated by CA Andover on the outskirts of Basingstoke in 2016, and the cremation burial practices that were in evidence there.

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