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Site name Wittenham Clumps, Sinodun Hills
Site number 1495
Burial codes 2002 2004 2022 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2036 2042 2045 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2111 2127 2128 2143 2151 2181
8/700bc-100bc An extensive settlement with an occupation layer containing a stratified sequence from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age. Three fragments from the skulls of three individuals and a tooth were found during excavation, but were not precisely located in the report, whose author commented that 'these fit into the picture of the general scatter of odd human remains often found on Iron Age sites in southern England'.
Remains/Period Y2
County Oxfordshire
Region SE
National grid square SU
X coordinate 569
Y coordinate 924
Bibliographic source Hingley 1979-80, Bruck 1995


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