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These are the poorly preserved remains of the inhumation of an older child (6-9 years) who's sex in undetermined.

The burial is from Phase G: 706-956 AD.

They were interred in an extended supine position within a cist burial, with an unworked vertically pitched stone marker above the cranium. Three out of the fifteen burials from Phase G show evidence of being buried in cists.

Their remains had evidence of numerous health conditions; Periostitis, which is an extra bone formation as a result of inflammation. It indicates the individual suffered from a localised trauma or disease. Rickets, which caused by a lack of vitamin D, calcium or phosphate. It leads of weakenned bones and can be seen mostly through bowed leg bones. SK85 displayed anterior-posterior curvature of the midshaft of both femora and a slight anterior-posterior curvature of the right tibia midshaft with mild porosity of the posterior proximal portion.

As Rickets is often caused by a lack of Vitamin D, which comes from sunlight, it may be that the disease or injury that created the Periostitis lead to the individual being kept indoors, preventing them from getting enough sunlight, which could then cause Rickets.

Their teeth also showed Amelogenesis Imperfecta, which is an inherited condition that causes abnormally thin tooth enamel.

The burial is associated, by proximity, with SK90.