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Site name Woodcutts, Handley
Site number 1187
Burial codes 1002 1003 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1036 1042 1046 1051 1065 1071 1072 1085 1092 1098 1102 1105 1111 1122 1125 1127 1143 1153 1181
100bc-AD43 100 bc - AD43 : A complex settlement occupied between the 1st and 4th Centuries AD. Two of the pit burials were classed as pre-Conquest:

Pit 23 contained the skeleton of a young adult female contracted on the right side with hands raised to face, lying 15cm from the floor of the pit close to the wall, oriented SE, and in association animal bones, chalk spindle-whorl, and sherds of coarse hand-made pottery. Pit 28 contained the skeleton of an adult female, fully crouched on the right side with right hand to chin, lying at the bottom of the pit and facing centre, oriented NW, and in association hand-made pottery fragments and animal bones.
Remains/Period Y1
County Dorset
Region S
National grid square ST
X coordinate 963
Y coordinate 181
Bibliographic source Pitt-Rivers 1887, Hawkes 1947, Whimster 1981, Wilson 1981


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