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Site name Allen's Pit, Dorchester-on-Thames

Site number 1199

Burial codes 2001 2003 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2101 2111 2112 2128 2143 2153 2181

8/700bc-100bc The skeleton of an adult male was found crouched in the filling of an Iron Age storage pit, during gravel digging.

Remains/Period Y2

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 575

Y coordinate 962

Bibliographic source Salter 1937, Whimster 1981, Wilson 1981

Query

Site name	Allen's Pit, Dorchester-on-Thames
Site number	1199
Burial codes	2001 2003 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2101 2111 2112 2128 2143 2153 2181
8/700bc-100bc	The skeleton of an adult male was found crouched in the filling of an Iron Age storage pit, during gravel digging.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	575
Y coordinate	962
Bibliographic source	Salter 1937, Whimster 1981, Wilson 1981