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Site name Henstridge

Site number 1230

Burial codes 2002 2006 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2098 2102 2104 2107 2111 2128 2143 2153 2181

8/700bc-100bc Inhumation deposits of three adult skeletons were found during quarrying, not fully extended, and comprising an elderly female, a young female and a person of unidentifiable sex. One skull was dolichocephalic. Pottery found nearby and in association with a hearth was thought to be of Iron Age type.

Remains/Period Y2

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 730

Y coordinate 190

Bibliographic source Steel 1928, Whimster 1981

Query

Site name	Henstridge
Site number	1230
Burial codes	2002 2006 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2098 2102 2104 2107 2111 2128 2143 2153 2181
8/700bc-100bc	Inhumation deposits of three adult skeletons were found during quarrying, not fully extended, and comprising an elderly female, a young female and a person of unidentifiable sex. One skull was dolichocephalic. Pottery found nearby and in association with a hearth was thought to be of Iron Age type.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	730
Y coordinate	190
Bibliographic source	Steel 1928, Whimster 1981