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Site name | Sheepwash, Freshwater, IoW |
Site number | 1222 |
Burial codes | 2001 2005 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2111 2129 2143 2153 2156 2181 |
8/700bc-100bc | A cist of limestone slab walls and covers, containing a skeleton probably crouched or flexed with its head on a pillow stone. Associated with it was a hand-made pottery vessel with two applied strip handles and a highly burnished finish, found on the pillow stone, next to the head. |
Remains/Period | Y2 |
County | Hampshire |
Region | S |
National grid square | SZ |
X coordinate | 333 |
Y coordinate | 867 |
Bibliographic source | Crawford 1913, Whimster 1981 |
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