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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Walmer, Deal

Site number 1227

Burial codes 1001 1006 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1046 1051 1065 1072 1084 1091 1098 1102 1111 1112 1122 1143 1153 1181

100bc-AD43 A skeleton of an adult female found extended on the back, oriented head to NE, accompanied by a pair of Late Iron Age shallow spoon-shaped objects of bronze placed on either side of the head. One of them was neatly punched with a small hole at the mid point of one edge as if to regulate the flow of a powder or liquid held in the scoop.

Remains/Period Y1

County Kent

Region SE

National grid square TR

X coordinate 370

Y coordinate 510

Bibliographic source Woodruff 1904, Dunning 1966b, Whimster 1981

Query

Site name	Walmer, Deal
Site number	1227
Burial codes	1001 1006 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1046 1051 1065 1072 1084 1091 1098 1102 1111 1112 1122 1143 1153 1181
100bc-AD43	A skeleton of an adult female found extended on the back, oriented head to NE, accompanied by a pair of Late Iron Age shallow spoon-shaped objects of bronze placed on either side of the head. One of them was neatly punched with a small hole at the mid point of one edge as if to regulate the flow of a powder or liquid held in the scoop.
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Kent
Region	SE
National grid square	TR
X coordinate	370
Y coordinate	510
Bibliographic source	Woodruff 1904, Dunning 1966b, Whimster 1981