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Early Medieval human remains
These remains of a boy aged between 9 and 14 years old were found buried at Llanbedr-goch on Anglesey.
He died in the 900s, when Vikings were raiding and trading around the coast of Wales. His body was buried with another, a man who was 25 to 35 years old. They were buried outside the ramparts of the important trading centre.
WA_SC 14.1
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2000.19H [burial 4]
Find Information
Site Name: Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey
Grid Reference: SH 517 812
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1999 / Aug - Sep
Notes: discarded in the upper deposits of the enclosure ditch
Acquisition
Donation, 1/6/2000
Measurements
Material
bone
tooth
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Llanbedrgoch Skeletons
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