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Site name Rockley Down Enclosure

Site number 1159

Burial codes 3004 3009 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3036 3042 3045 3051 3065 3075 3084 3091 3092 3098 3104 3109 3111 3127 3128 3143 3151 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc An enclosure with remains of occupation debris. In Feature 1 layer 10 was a fragment of adult left humerus, and one of adult ulna. The potsherds included Deverel-Rimbury and later vessels, with Thames Valley parallels.

In an occupation layer (layer 8) were 14 unidentifiable long bone fragments and one scapula fragment from an infant or foetus.

Remains/Period Y3

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 158

Y coordinate 736

Bibliographic source Gingell 1992, Bruck 1995

Query

Site name	Rockley Down Enclosure
Site number	1159
Burial codes	3004 3009 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3036 3042 3045 3051 3065 3075 3084 3091 3092 3098 3104 3109 3111 3127 3128 3143 3151 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	An enclosure with remains of occupation debris. In Feature 1 layer 10 was a fragment of adult left humerus, and one of adult ulna. The potsherds included Deverel-Rimbury and later vessels, with Thames Valley parallels. In an occupation layer (layer 8) were 14 unidentifiable long bone fragments and one scapula fragment from an infant or foetus.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	158
Y coordinate	736
Bibliographic source	Gingell 1992, Bruck 1995