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Early Medieval human remains
This is the Inhumation Burial of a Young Adult (20-25 years) who's sex is Ambiguous They are well preserved and around 75% complete They were 163cm tall (5 foot 4.2 inches)
The burial is from Phase D: 529-709 AD
They had Osteomyelitis identified by lesion on the distal end of their right tibia. They formed two cloacae holes in the bone, with a deposit of remodelled compact bone visible inferior to the defects. This could have originated from a soft tissue wound that got infected and later healed, as there was no sign of the bones being fractured.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2025.7H/9.406
Find Information
Site Name: Five Mile Lane, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 07774 71749
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 2017
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