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Site name Boreham Down, West Overton

Site number 1244

Burial codes 2001 2005 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2111 2112 2128 2143 2153 2181

8/700bc-100bc The skeleton of an adult was found in a shallow grave dug in the chalk and covered by a lynchet which was believed to be part of a Celtic field system.

Remains/Period Y2

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 140

Y coordinate 668

Bibliographic source Pugh and Crittall 1957, Whimster 1981

Query

Site name	Boreham Down, West Overton
Site number	1244
Burial codes	2001 2005 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2111 2112 2128 2143 2153 2181
8/700bc-100bc	The skeleton of an adult was found in a shallow grave dug in the chalk and covered by a lynchet which was believed to be part of a Celtic field system.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	140
Y coordinate	668
Bibliographic source	Pugh and Crittall 1957, Whimster 1981