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Site name Battery Hill, Winchester

Site number 1221

Burial codes 2001 2003 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2101 2111 2129 2143 2153 2159 2181

8/700bc-100bc A settlement site with a single inhumation found in a chalk cut grave lined with clay, of an adult male lying extended, and accompanied by an iron tanged knife on one side, and an iron sickle blade with flanged socket on the other. The grave also contained sherds of coarse, hand-made bead-rim pottery.

Remains/Period Y2

County Hampshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 463

Y coordinate 286

Bibliographic source Hawkes, Myres and Stevens 1930, Whimster 1981

Query

Site name	Battery Hill, Winchester
Site number	1221
Burial codes	2001 2003 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2101 2111 2129 2143 2153 2159 2181
8/700bc-100bc	A settlement site with a single inhumation found in a chalk cut grave lined with clay, of an adult male lying extended, and accompanied by an iron tanged knife on one side, and an iron sickle blade with flanged socket on the other. The grave also contained sherds of coarse, hand-made bead-rim pottery.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Hampshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	463
Y coordinate	286
Bibliographic source	Hawkes, Myres and Stevens 1930, Whimster 1981