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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Stafford Place, Weston-super-Mare

Site number 1188

Burial codes 2001 2006 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2098 2104 2111 2128 2143 2153 2181

8/700bc-100bc The skeleton of an (?)adult was found crouched or contracted in a pit during house construction, 13 August 1885. [Dating evidence is insecure].

Remains/Period Y2

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 324

Y coordinate 619

Bibliographic source The Weston Mercury 1885, Whimster 1981

Query

Site name	Stafford Place, Weston-super-Mare
Site number	1188
Burial codes	2001 2006 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2098 2104 2111 2128 2143 2153 2181
8/700bc-100bc	The skeleton of an (?)adult was found crouched or contracted in a pit during house construction, 13 August 1885. [Dating evidence is insecure].
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	324
Y coordinate	619
Bibliographic source	The Weston Mercury 1885, Whimster 1981