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Site name Kingsdown Camp, Mells

Site number 1315

Burial codes 1002 1005 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1045 1051 1065 1075 1084 1092 1098 1104 1111 1112 1128 1143 1151 1181 1182

100bc-AD43 A hill fort with a few adult skull fragments, one with sword cuts, in the inner ditch fill or on its edge. The ditch was made probably shortly before the Roman invasion of AD43, and had silted up by the time of the Roman occupation of the site.

Remains/Period Y1

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 720

Y coordinate 490

Bibliographic source Gray 1930, Wilson 1981

Query

Site name	Kingsdown Camp, Mells
Site number	1315
Burial codes	1002 1005 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1045 1051 1065 1075 1084 1092 1098 1104 1111 1112 1128 1143 1151 1181 1182
100bc-AD43	A hill fort with a few adult skull fragments, one with sword cuts, in the inner ditch fill or on its edge. The ditch was made probably shortly before the Roman invasion of AD43, and had silted up by the time of the Roman occupation of the site.
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	720
Y coordinate	490
Bibliographic source	Gray 1930, Wilson 1981