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Site name La Sagesse Convent, Romsey

Site number 1706

Burial codes 2002 2006 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2045 2052 2053 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2111 2128 2143 2151 2181

8/700bc-100bc Wooden structures have been found in an old stream channel at the western edge of one of the small islands in the flood plain of the River Test, and dated to the 7th and early 6th Centuries CalBC. Human remains were found in this old watercourse, including skull fragments from 4 contexts, and an immature right clavicle from another.

Remains/Period Y2

County Hampshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 350

Y coordinate 200

Bibliographic source Bruck 1995

Query

Site name	La Sagesse Convent, Romsey
Site number	1706
Burial codes	2002 2006 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2045 2052 2053 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2111 2128 2143 2151 2181
8/700bc-100bc	Wooden structures have been found in an old stream channel at the western edge of one of the small islands in the flood plain of the River Test, and dated to the 7th and early 6th Centuries CalBC. Human remains were found in this old watercourse, including skull fragments from 4 contexts, and an immature right clavicle from another.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Hampshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	350
Y coordinate	200
Bibliographic source	Bruck 1995