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Site name Shenberrow Hill Camp, Stanton

Site number 1477

Burial codes 2002 2004 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2036 2042 2045 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2111 2127 2128 2143 2151 2153 2181

8/700bc-100bc A hill fort with occupation evidence for Iron Age A. On site C there was a circular storage pit 3m in diameter x 2.9m deep, with vertical sides and cut into the underlying rock. It was filled with stones, a few sherds of Iron Age A type (as site A), charcoal, animal bone (mostly sheep), and a quartz pebble probably from the Severn estuary gravel. It had been deliberately filled in, probably at one time, and not left to silt up. A human cranial fragment was found high in the filling, and three joining cranial fragments were also found in the trial trench which uncovered the pit. They probably represent two individuals, one of whom had suffered a sword blow to the head.

Remains/Period Y2

County Gloucestershire

Region SW

National grid square SP

X coordinate 80

Y coordinate 334

Bibliographic source Fell 1961

Query

Site name	Shenberrow Hill Camp, Stanton
Site number	1477
Burial codes	2002 2004 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2036 2042 2045 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2111 2127 2128 2143 2151 2153 2181
8/700bc-100bc	A hill fort with occupation evidence for Iron Age A. On site C there was a circular storage pit 3m in diameter x 2.9m deep, with vertical sides and cut into the underlying rock. It was filled with stones, a few sherds of Iron Age A type (as site A), charcoal, animal bone (mostly sheep), and a quartz pebble probably from the Severn estuary gravel. It had been deliberately filled in, probably at one time, and not left to silt up. A human cranial fragment was found high in the filling, and three joining cranial fragments were also found in the trial trench which uncovered the pit. They probably represent two individuals, one of whom had suffered a sword blow to the head.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Gloucestershire
Region	SW
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	80
Y coordinate	334
Bibliographic source	Fell 1961