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Site name | Dorset Cursus, Down Farm, Woodcutts |
Site number | 67 |
Burial codes | 5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5031 5035 5036 5042 5045 5051 5065 5075 5084 5092 5104 5111 5125 5127 5143 5151 5181 |
3500bc - 2500bc | In the west ditch (Zone 1 of Bradley 1985) of the Cursus, in 2 secondary layers were the bones of animals including wild cattle, domestic cattle, red deer and pig. and 2 human bones from 2 persons. The last were in a layer containing Peterborough ware. |
Remains/Period | Y5 |
County | Dorset |
Region | S |
National grid square | SU |
X coordinate | 6 |
Y coordinate | 149 |
Bibliographic source | Atkinson 1955, Bradley, Cleal, Gardiner, Legge, Raymond and Thomas 1985 |
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