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Site name Frome I, Fromefield
Site number 473
Burial codes 5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5035 5042 5046 5051 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5104 5111 5128 5143 5152 5155 5181
3500bc - 2500bc A possible gallery grave with 2 pairs of side chambers. There was a primary deposit of 5 human skeletons and some Windmill Hill potsherds. There was no evidence for a ditch. Altogether bones of at least 15 individuals of all ages (from 1.5 to young adults) were found and re-interred.
Remains/Period Y5
County Somerset
Region SW
National grid square ST
X coordinate 782
Y coordinate 490
Bibliographic source Grinsell 1971


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