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Site name Thong Lane, Gravesend
Site number 1516
Burial codes 1001 1004 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1036 1042 1044 1045 1051 1065 1075 1084 1092 1098 1101 1111 1127 1128 1143 1151 1182
100bc-AD43 An occupation area (perhaps part of a small homestead), with pottery evidence dating from c10 BC to AD43. In the excavation of a hollow area a frontal bone from an adult male was found in mixed soil overlying large flints. The bone exhibited several striking marks and wounds, one healed. There was evidence for exposure after death. Much animal bone was found and a Colchester brooch.
Remains/Period Y1
County Kent
Region SE
National grid square TQ
X coordinate 672
Y coordinate 727
Bibliographic source French and Green 1983


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