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Site name Greenhithe
Site number 1329
Burial codes 1002 1005 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1036 1042 1046 1051 1053 1065 1075 1084 1091 1098 1104 1111 1127 1143 1166 1181
100bc-AD43 A shaft probably associated with the Iron Age settlement 300m away, measuring 10m deep x 7m across, and containing animal bones of horse, pig, cow, deer and birds. There were potsherds, an iron key, nails and a hoop, 2 carved bone sockets and three complete human skeletons side by side at the bottom.
Remains/Period Y1
County Kent
Region SE
National grid square TQ
X coordinate 580
Y coordinate 740
Bibliographic source Ross 1968, Wait 1985


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