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Site name Watchfield

Site number 1139

Burial codes 2001 2004 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2045 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2111 2112 2128 2143 2153 2181

8/700bc-100bc Some settlement features found in road-building were datable to the later Iron Age on pottery evidence. Fragments of the skull of an adult were found in the primary fill of Pit 139.

RC: charcoal from Pit 347 HAR-10242 300 +/-80

Remains/Period Y2

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 240

Y coordinate 900

Bibliographic source Scull 1992

Query

Site name	Watchfield
Site number	1139
Burial codes	2001 2004 2021 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2045 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2104 2111 2112 2128 2143 2153 2181
8/700bc-100bc	Some settlement features found in road-building were datable to the later Iron Age on pottery evidence. Fragments of the skull of an adult were found in the primary fill of Pit 139. RC: charcoal from Pit 347 HAR-10242 300 +/-80
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	240
Y coordinate	900
Bibliographic source	Scull 1992