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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 Backwell

Site number 1298

Burial codes 1002 1008 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1036 1042 1047 1051 1065 1075 1084 1098 1104 1111 1121 1127 1143 1151 1181

100bc-AD43 A cave deposit contained a mass of human bones together with sherds of Late Iron Age and Early Romano-British pottery. The majority of the bones belonged to the left side of post cranial skeletons, and only 2 skulls were found.

Remains/Period Y1

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 492

Y coordinate 679

Bibliographic source Tratman 1938a, Everton and Everton 1972a, Whimster 1981

Query

Site name	Backwell
Site number	1298
Burial codes	1002 1008 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1036 1042 1047 1051 1065 1075 1084 1098 1104 1111 1121 1127 1143 1151 1181
100bc-AD43	A cave deposit contained a mass of human bones together with sherds of Late Iron Age and Early Romano-British pottery. The majority of the bones belonged to the left side of post cranial skeletons, and only 2 skulls were found.
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	492
Y coordinate	679
Bibliographic source	Tratman 1938a, Everton and Everton 1972a, Whimster 1981