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CCLIII. An irregular grave, with the head twelve inches higher than the feet. The skeleton was large. A knife with long and slender blade, a spearhead [KAS 879], also lightly made; some mussel-shells, pieces of unbaked pottery, and the teeth of sheep and oxen.
History
Grave title
GraveDate excavated
between August and November 1864Reference
Brent 1868Page number
315Sonia Hawkes description
Irregular grave, large skeleton with head 12 inches higher than feet.a. knife, b. spearhead, c. pieces of unbaked potteryMussel shell and the teeth of sheep or oxenLinks to objects
- https://figshare.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Animal_teeth_in_fill_/16884445
- https://figshare.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/_Pieces_of_unbaked_pottery_/16884439
- https://figshare.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Iron_large_knife_or_possibly_short_seax_/16884436
- https://figshare.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Mussel_shells_in_fill_/16884442
- https://figshare.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Iron_spearhead/16884433
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