Excavation of a Bronze Age Cremation Cemetery and a Romano‐British Enclosure at Glebelands, Broughton, Milton Keynes

Excavations at Glebelands, Broughton, Milton Keynes revealed a Bronze Age
cemetery comprising eight pits containing deposits of cremated bone. A
variety of burial practices were evident. One burial was contained within an
urn of early to middle Bronze Age type, while another appears to be a form of
in situ or ‘bustum’ cremation burial. Two further burials each contained
remains from at least three individuals – two adults and a child – suggestive of
family groups. One of these individuals returned a radiocarbon date in the
early part of the middle Bronze Age. During the Roman period, a small openended
rectangular enclosure was constructed. Pottery from its ditches
suggests that it was in use between c AD 170‐250. The enclosure may have
been associated with a settlement previously investigated at Magna Park to
the south.