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Site name Wyke Reservoir, Weymouth
Site number 152
Burial codes 1002 1006 1022 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1046 1051 1065 1072 1084 1091 1098 1104 1111 1129 1143 1153 1156 1181
100bc-AD43 8 or 9 inhumations in cists and earth graves found between 1858-1936 appear to represent a small burial ground used between the 1st and 3rd Centuries AD. One of these in a shale cist 1.1m x 0.3m x 0.6m deep appeared to belong to the earliest period, and was presumably a crouched inhumation oriented E, accompanied by a Class 1 bead-rim bowl by the head.
Remains/Period Y1
County Dorset
Region S
National grid square SY
X coordinate 663
Y coordinate 778
Bibliographic source Valle 1859, Pigou 1859, RCHM 1970, Whimster 1981


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