Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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Site name Liddington Castle, Liddington

Site number 1203

Burial codes 2001 2003 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2036 2042 2046 2051 2065 2071 2084 2092 2098 2101 2106 2124 2125 2127 2143 2153 2181

8/700bc-100bc An oval pit 1.1m x 0.8m x 1.2m deep, in or near a univallate hill fort containing the skeleton of an adult male under 30, with a healed head wound made probably by an axe, lying crouched on the left side oriented N, without dating evidence saving the general body position and the pit location. It was accompanied by a few flint flakes and a snail shell. An ox skull fragment was found in the grave filling.

Remains/Period Y2

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 209

Y coordinate 797

Bibliographic source West and Keith 1916, Anon 1917, Whimster 1981

Query

Site name	Liddington Castle, Liddington
Site number	1203
Burial codes	2001 2003 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2036 2042 2046 2051 2065 2071 2084 2092 2098 2101 2106 2124 2125 2127 2143 2153 2181
8/700bc-100bc	An oval pit 1.1m x 0.8m x 1.2m deep, in or near a univallate hill fort containing the skeleton of an adult male under 30, with a healed head wound made probably by an axe, lying crouched on the left side oriented N, without dating evidence saving the general body position and the pit location. It was accompanied by a few flint flakes and a snail shell. An ox skull fragment was found in the grave filling.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	209
Y coordinate	797
Bibliographic source	West and Keith 1916, Anon 1917, Whimster 1981