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Site name Potterne

Site number 1703

Burial codes 2002 2004 2021 2023 2025 2028 2030 2035 2036 2042 2045 2052 2053 2065 2075 2085 2092 2098 2104 2111 2128 2143 2151 2181

14/1300bc-8/700bc 14/1300-8/700 bc : overlap site with 8/700-100bc.

8/700bc-100bc The finds from this midden, set on a former occupation layer and covering at least 5 hectares, include a number of skull fragments. The midden is c1m thick at the centre and contains a large quantity of pottery, bone (including articulated bone), bronze items (awls, tweezers, sheet bronze, vessels), worked bone and antler, coloured beads, shale objects (rings, cups) and other finds in a dark brown stiff sandy loam. There were a number of post holes and pits. The quantity and contents (only a small area was excavated relative to the whole) implies a fairly rich community. The site is believed to cover the period 1100-700 CalBC (c950-500bc).

Remains/Period Y3 Y2

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 996

Y coordinate 591

Bibliographic source Gingell and Lawson 1984, 1985, Bruck 1995

Query

Site name	Potterne
Site number	1703
Burial codes	2002 2004 2021 2023 2025 2028 2030 2035 2036 2042 2045 2052 2053 2065 2075 2085 2092 2098 2104 2111 2128 2143 2151 2181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	14/1300-8/700 bc : overlap site with 8/700-100bc.
8/700bc-100bc	The finds from this midden, set on a former occupation layer and covering at least 5 hectares, include a number of skull fragments. The midden is c1m thick at the centre and contains a large quantity of pottery, bone (including articulated bone), bronze items (awls, tweezers, sheet bronze, vessels), worked bone and antler, coloured beads, shale objects (rings, cups) and other finds in a dark brown stiff sandy loam. There were a number of post holes and pits. The quantity and contents (only a small area was excavated relative to the whole) implies a fairly rich community. The site is believed to cover the period 1100-700 CalBC (c950-500bc).
Remains/Period	Y3 Y2
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	996
Y coordinate	591
Bibliographic source	Gingell and Lawson 1984, 1985, Bruck 1995