What is recorded here
A single supine inhumation, orientated E-W, was discovered close to the river prior to road construction (Excavation Licence No. 03E0888). This was an adult of indeterminate sex aged between 33 and 48 years and produced a calibrated radiocarbon date of AD 1216-1286 (Walsh 2012, 98). A small quantity of disarticulated were found further W. (Walsh 2006, 406)
Date of revised upload: 27 July 2017
A single inhumation burial, likely from the Early Christian or medieval period, indicating local funerary practices near water sources. Its significance lies in providing insights into burial orientation and community use of landscape features during that era.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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