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Early Medieval human remains
These are remains from the Inhumation Burial of a Juvenile. They are poorly preserved with only tiny fragments of bones from the individual's legs remaining.
They were buried in an extended supine position in a simple grave oriented either North-South or South-North. None West-East burials are very rare in the Five Mile Lane cemetery with only a handful of similar alignments, most of which are juveniles like this individual.
The fragments were not included in the Osteological report and haven't been asigned a Burial Phase.
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Site Name: Five Mile Lane, Vale of Glamorgan