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Site name Walbrook, River Thames

Site number 1071

Burial codes 1002 1006 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1045 1051 1065 1075 1084 1092 1098 1104 1111 1128 1143 1151 1181 1200

100bc-AD43 Three skulls were found in the Thames at Walbrook, two of which are Late Iron Age or Roman, the third most likely Roman. A very large number of Roman artefacts (votive offerings?) were found on the bed of the Walbrook.

RC: one from each skull OxA-1192 250ad +/- 70, OxA-1193 80ad +/- 70, OxA-1194 20 +/- 70

Remains/Period Y1

County Middlesex

Region SE

National grid square TQ

X coordinate 350

Y coordinate 800

Bibliographic source Bradley and Gordon 1988

Query

Site name	Walbrook, River Thames
Site number	1071
Burial codes	1002 1006 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1045 1051 1065 1075 1084 1092 1098 1104 1111 1128 1143 1151 1181 1200
100bc-AD43	Three skulls were found in the Thames at Walbrook, two of which are Late Iron Age or Roman, the third most likely Roman. A very large number of Roman artefacts (votive offerings?) were found on the bed of the Walbrook. RC: one from each skull OxA-1192 250ad +/- 70, OxA-1193 80ad +/- 70, OxA-1194 20 +/- 70
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Middlesex
Region	SE
National grid square	TQ
X coordinate	350
Y coordinate	800
Bibliographic source	Bradley and Gordon 1988