Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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Site name Stonehenge Underpass

Site number 1449

Burial codes 2001 2005 2022 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2091 2097 2101 2105 2128 2143 2153 2181 2200

8/700bc-100bc The body of a young adult male was inserted into the terminal of the Palisade Ditch, crouched on the right side in an oval grave.

RC: from human bone UB-3820 518 +/-27

Remains/Period Y2

County Wiltshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 121

Y coordinate 423

Bibliographic source Vatcher and Vatcher 1967, Cleal, Walker and Montague 1995

Query

Site name	Stonehenge Underpass
Site number	1449
Burial codes	2001 2005 2022 2023 2026 2028 2030 2035 2042 2046 2051 2065 2075 2091 2097 2101 2105 2128 2143 2153 2181 2200
8/700bc-100bc	The body of a young adult male was inserted into the terminal of the Palisade Ditch, crouched on the right side in an oval grave. RC: from human bone UB-3820 518 +/-27
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Wiltshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	121
Y coordinate	423
Bibliographic source	Vatcher and Vatcher 1967, Cleal, Walker and Montague 1995