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Site name Winklebury

Site number 1317

Burial codes 1002 1003 1004 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1036 1042 1047 1051 1053 1065 1071 1072 1075 1084 1092 1098 1103 1104 1105 1106 1107 1108 1109 1110 1111 1127 1128 1143 1151 1153 1181 1200

100bc-AD43 A hill fort with Late Iron Age deposits of whole and partial bodies, fragmentary adult skull, long bone, hand/foot bones and infant long bones in pits.

In F2247 was a long bone, an adult mandible and six (not the normal 5) lumbar vertebrae in a house drainage trough. [Probably 3rd-1st Centuries BC].

In Pit 2615 was one fragmentary adolescent female c15-17, skull absent, 'left uncovered to be buried by natural silting processes'. [Probably 3rd-1st Centuries BC].

In Pit 1614 was another very fragmentary adult female, the bones scattered, and without a skull. [Probably 3rd-1st Centuries BC].

In Pit 979 was a male skeleton c35-45, crouched and on its back, laid NS, skull detached and put at the base of the spine, and with the left arm missing. [Probably 3rd-1st Centuries BC].

In Pit 979 also there were surviving parts of a burial: part of a left temporal bone from and adult (?)female, and an assortment of bones from hand and foot possibly from the same individual as they were in the same context; and the remains of an infant. [Probably 3rd-1st Centuries BC].

In Pit 3834 was the crouched burial of an adolescent female c16-20, on its back, legs crouched, oriented EW, head to E. [Probably 3rd-1st Centuries BC].

Skeleton 4010 was recovered from an unknown pit near working hollow 3413, was of an adult c25-35, with no position recorded, and is thought of the 3rd-1st century BC. There was a second similar unprovenanced adult skeleton.

A neonatal infant was found in Pit 615. [Probably 3rd-1st Centuries BC].

As well as complete or near complete skeletons there was a series of fragmentary finds of human bones, including 4 fragments of skull, and 4 fragments of long bone (one from a birth sized infant).

In Pit 2738 a skull without the lower jaw was placed c5cm from the bottom. It was of a male c20-30. Another skull (of a probable adult female) was found without jaws and face, but unprovenanced.

RC: all from charcoal HAR-1764 250 +/- 60, HAR-1765 20 ad +/- 70, HAR-1778 30 +/-90, HAR-1794 70 +/- 80

Remains/Period Y1

County Hampshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 614

Y coordinate 528

Bibliographic source Smith 1977, Wilson 1981, Wait 1985

Query

Site name	Winklebury
Site number	1317
Burial codes	1002 1003 1004 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1036 1042 1047 1051 1053 1065 1071 1072 1075 1084 1092 1098 1103 1104 1105 1106 1107 1108 1109 1110 1111 1127 1128 1143 1151 1153 1181 1200
100bc-AD43	A hill fort with Late Iron Age deposits of whole and partial bodies, fragmentary adult skull, long bone, hand/foot bones and infant long bones in pits. In F2247 was a long bone, an adult mandible and six (not the normal 5) lumbar vertebrae in a house drainage trough. [Probably 3rd-1st Centuries BC]. In Pit 2615 was one fragmentary adolescent female c15-17, skull absent, 'left uncovered to be buried by natural silting processes'. [Probably 3rd-1st Centuries BC]. In Pit 1614 was another very fragmentary adult female, the bones scattered, and without a skull. [Probably 3rd-1st Centuries BC]. In Pit 979 was a male skeleton c35-45, crouched and on its back, laid NS, skull detached and put at the base of the spine, and with the left arm missing. [Probably 3rd-1st Centuries BC]. In Pit 979 also there were surviving parts of a burial: part of a left temporal bone from and adult (?)female, and an assortment of bones from hand and foot possibly from the same individual as they were in the same context; and the remains of an infant. [Probably 3rd-1st Centuries BC]. In Pit 3834 was the crouched burial of an adolescent female c16-20, on its back, legs crouched, oriented EW, head to E. [Probably 3rd-1st Centuries BC]. Skeleton 4010 was recovered from an unknown pit near working hollow 3413, was of an adult c25-35, with no position recorded, and is thought of the 3rd-1st century BC. There was a second similar unprovenanced adult skeleton. A neonatal infant was found in Pit 615. [Probably 3rd-1st Centuries BC]. As well as complete or near complete skeletons there was a series of fragmentary finds of human bones, including 4 fragments of skull, and 4 fragments of long bone (one from a birth sized infant). In Pit 2738 a skull without the lower jaw was placed c5cm from the bottom. It was of a male c20-30. Another skull (of a probable adult female) was found without jaws and face, but unprovenanced. RC: all from charcoal HAR-1764 250 +/- 60, HAR-1765 20 ad +/- 70, HAR-1778 30 +/-90, HAR-1794 70 +/- 80
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Hampshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	614
Y coordinate	528
Bibliographic source	Smith 1977, Wilson 1981, Wait 1985