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Site name Milborne St Andrew

Site number 1237

Burial codes 1002 1005 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1046 1051 1065 1074 1084 1092 1098 1103 1111 1128 1143 1151 1181

100bc-AD43 A Late Iron Age and Roman-British settlement with enclosure ditches, poorly recorded, but indicating burials on the site. 5-6 skeletons were found carelessly buried 'in a row' at the eastern end of a boundary ditch at the eastern end of the site, some lying face downwards, and identified as including males and females, oriented W. This group possibly formed part of a single large grave. Other graves were found elsewhere on the same site.

The majority of pottery on the site belongs to the Later Iron Age, suggesting that these burials belong to the same period.

Remains/Period Y1

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 807

Y coordinate 978

Bibliographic source Prideaux 1929, Pleydell-Railston and Drew 1930, Whimster 1981

Query

Site name	Milborne St Andrew
Site number	1237
Burial codes	1002 1005 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1046 1051 1065 1074 1084 1092 1098 1103 1111 1128 1143 1151 1181
100bc-AD43	A Late Iron Age and Roman-British settlement with enclosure ditches, poorly recorded, but indicating burials on the site. 5-6 skeletons were found carelessly buried 'in a row' at the eastern end of a boundary ditch at the eastern end of the site, some lying face downwards, and identified as including males and females, oriented W. This group possibly formed part of a single large grave. Other graves were found elsewhere on the same site. The majority of pottery on the site belongs to the Later Iron Age, suggesting that these burials belong to the same period.
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	807
Y coordinate	978
Bibliographic source	Prideaux 1929, Pleydell-Railston and Drew 1930, Whimster 1981