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Site name | West Littleton Down, Tormarton |
Site number | 366 |
Burial codes | 3002 3006 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3042 3046 3051 3065 3075 3084 3091 3098 3101 3105 3112 3128 3143 3153 3182 3200 |
14/1300bc-8/700bc | A pit burial of 2 males c19. Both appeared to have died violently, one having a spearhead hole in the pelvis, the other a small Bronze Age spearhead lodged between two of the lumbar vertebrae and another embedded in the pelvis, as well as a hole in the skull, possibly the result of a blow. RC: from collagen in the second skeleton BM-542 977 +/- 90 |
Remains/Period | Y3 |
County | Gloucestershire |
Region | SW |
National grid square | ST |
X coordinate | 767 |
Y coordinate | 767 |
Bibliographic source | Knight, Browne and Grinsell 1972 |
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