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| Fig. 7 Features 1295, 1293, 1291 
and pipes was present in its base, four of which in the fills of this pit whilst the upper part of the fill 
_ ended on a piece of level tabular flint. A pig bone sequence of the feature group contained several 
_ from the basal fill of pit 1295 yielded a radiocarbon fragments of sarsen. 
determination of 4750+90 BP (BM-2821) and a A shallow sub-circular, saucer-shaped pit 
determination of 4740+35 BP (BM-2823) was (1293; Figure 7), 1.2m in diameter and c. 0.2m deep 
obtained from charred hazelnuts found in the same with a flat base, contained two small sub-circular 
layer. Sherds of earlier Neolithic pottery were found possible cuts in the central part that may represent 
