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Site name Dainton Earthworks B, Milton Mator Common

Site number 1388

Burial codes 2004 2009 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2047 2051 2065 2075 2084 2098 2101 2104 2107 2108 2111 2128 2143 2151 2181

8/700bc-100bc A number of features indicating both settlement and field systems datable by the pottery evidence (finger tipped shoulders and cable rims, carinated bowls, flat-topped rims, and the use of haematite on pottery) to the Early Iron Age.

From Area A came a number of odd fragments of human bone (3 joining fragments of tibia, 6 fragments of long bones, much worn), and 14 fragments of the skull and bones of a child c2-3, fresh looking compared with the others and possibly from a burial. The area produced occupation material of sherds, bone fragments, flint flakes and a piece of saddle quern, but no structural features.

From Mound B4 came a human skull fragment. This mound might (there is some doubt) have been the foundation for a hut, comprising many loose stones collected from the area and placed on a limestone outcrop within a bounding stone ring. It contained over 80 sherds of Early Iron Age type, animal bones, and in one recess was a cache of 17 sling stones each as big as a hen's egg.

From Cut F through the northern bank of the west enclosure, and just beyond the northern face stones, came a considerable numbers of small fragments of a human skull, mandible and 13 teeth, all from a male c50 or more, dolichocephalic and square-jawed. The rest of the skeleton was present but in a very fragmented and disturbed state, and the bones may have been exposed before coming to rest in their position, immediately above the bedrock in a layer of grey earth which contained some sherds.

Remains/Period Y2

County Devon

Region SW

National grid square SX

X coordinate 858

Y coordinate 667

Bibliographic source Willis and Rogers 1951

Query

Site name	Dainton Earthworks B, Milton Mator Common
Site number	1388
Burial codes	2004 2009 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2047 2051 2065 2075 2084 2098 2101 2104 2107 2108 2111 2128 2143 2151 2181
8/700bc-100bc	A number of features indicating both settlement and field systems datable by the pottery evidence (finger tipped shoulders and cable rims, carinated bowls, flat-topped rims, and the use of haematite on pottery) to the Early Iron Age. From Area A came a number of odd fragments of human bone (3 joining fragments of tibia, 6 fragments of long bones, much worn), and 14 fragments of the skull and bones of a child c2-3, fresh looking compared with the others and possibly from a burial. The area produced occupation material of sherds, bone fragments, flint flakes and a piece of saddle quern, but no structural features. From Mound B4 came a human skull fragment. This mound might (there is some doubt) have been the foundation for a hut, comprising many loose stones collected from the area and placed on a limestone outcrop within a bounding stone ring. It contained over 80 sherds of Early Iron Age type, animal bones, and in one recess was a cache of 17 sling stones each as big as a hen's egg. From Cut F through the northern bank of the west enclosure, and just beyond the northern face stones, came a considerable numbers of small fragments of a human skull, mandible and 13 teeth, all from a male c50 or more, dolichocephalic and square-jawed. The rest of the skeleton was present but in a very fragmented and disturbed state, and the bones may have been exposed before coming to rest in their position, immediately above the bedrock in a layer of grey earth which contained some sherds.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Devon
Region	SW
National grid square	SX
X coordinate	858
Y coordinate	667
Bibliographic source	Willis and Rogers 1951