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Site name Gallows Gore West, Worth Matravers
Site number 154
Burial codes 1002 1006 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1046 1051 1065 1072 1074 1084 1091 1098 1102 1104 1107 1111 1129 1143 1153 1156 1181
100bc-AD43 A small group of c6 inhumations were found in quarrying. One was cAD50-80 by dating of a brooch, but the others described below could be earlier.

An unlined grave contained the skeletons of 2 adult females, one oriented E the other W, the elderly female accompanied by 3 Class 1 bead-rim bowls by the body, and a native copy of a Gallo-Belgic butt beaker by the head.

A cist inhumation contained a juvenile oriented EW accompanied by a bronze brooch (AD50-80), 6 horses' teeth (remains of a horse's head food offering?) and a bone object. There were 3 further inhumations, 2 in earth graves, and one with legs flexed.
Remains/Period Y1
County Dorset
Region S
National grid square SY
X coordinate 978
Y coordinate 790
Bibliographic source RCHM 1970, Whimster 1981


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