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Early Medieval human remains
An incomplete inhumation of an adult male aged 40-50 years (extended, supine) in a plain grave oriented west-east. The legs are missing. The remains were lying on a large rubble fill.
Elements present: crania, mandible, maxilla, loose teeth (some are fractured, very worn), L and R clavicle, L and R scapula, vertebrae, L and R radius, R ulna, R and L heads of humerus, sacrum fragment, unsided tibia shaft fragment, 1 metacarpal or metatarsal,1 carpal, unidentified fragments.
Oyster fragments, charcoal and microfauna were separately bagged during repackaging. Animal bone was also found in the grave.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
95.56H/1.871
Find Information
Site Name: Great House Farm, Llandough
Grid Reference: ST 1681 7331
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1994
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