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Site name Groveley Castle, Steeple Langford

Site number 1243

Burial codes 2002 2003 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2053 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2111 2128 2143 2152 2181

8/700bc-100bc 5 skeletons were found by chance beneath the rampart of this unexcavated hill fort. They were found within the chalk filling of the rampart body, and were deposited at the time of construction. Associated with them was a single sherd of Iron Age A pottery.

Remains/Period Y2

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 48

Y coordinate 358

Bibliographic source Pugh and Crittall 1957, Whimster 1957

Query

Site name	Groveley Castle, Steeple Langford
Site number	1243
Burial codes	2002 2003 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2053 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2111 2128 2143 2152 2181
8/700bc-100bc	5 skeletons were found by chance beneath the rampart of this unexcavated hill fort. They were found within the chalk filling of the rampart body, and were deposited at the time of construction. Associated with them was a single sherd of Iron Age A pottery.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	48
Y coordinate	358
Bibliographic source	Pugh and Crittall 1957, Whimster 1957