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Site name Stockton

Site number 1710

Burial codes 2002 2003 2021 2023 2026 2028 2035 2036 2042 2045 2052 2053 2065 2075 2093 2104 2106 2112 2127 2143 2153 2181

8/700bc-100bc An unenclosed settlement site subjected to a limited emergency excavation of pits (72 were identified) in two areas during road construction. Eleven pits were excavated, but not all fully. In Pit 7, the largest, was the shaft of a human femur and part of a mandible, the latter belonging to an adult c30-35. Pit 9 contained the skulls of a horse and 4 cattle deliberately placed in a circular arrangement in the bottom. Pottery dated the site to the Early-Middle Iron Age.

Remains/Period Y2

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 997

Y coordinate 373

Bibliographic source Saunders 1997

Query

Site name	Stockton
Site number	1710
Burial codes	2002 2003 2021 2023 2026 2028 2035 2036 2042 2045 2052 2053 2065 2075 2093 2104 2106 2112 2127 2143 2153 2181
8/700bc-100bc	An unenclosed settlement site subjected to a limited emergency excavation of pits (72 were identified) in two areas during road construction. Eleven pits were excavated, but not all fully. In Pit 7, the largest, was the shaft of a human femur and part of a mandible, the latter belonging to an adult c30-35. Pit 9 contained the skulls of a horse and 4 cattle deliberately placed in a circular arrangement in the bottom. Pottery dated the site to the Early-Middle Iron Age.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	997
Y coordinate	373
Bibliographic source	Saunders 1997