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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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