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Short Description:
Skeleton within grave [2386], truncating large slab in northern part of TR2W
Issued to
Libby Cowan | 21/09/2022

Interpretation

    • Skeleton aligned E-W with head at West end in line with Christian tradition. This grave is cut through earlier deposits and features such as a silting layer filling a depression (2380) and a massive stone slab below, suggesting it is later in the phasing of the cemetery. Probably Norman
      • Ben Swain
    • 24-9-2022

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Description

  • Supine extended
  • Looking straight up
  • Extended straight down right side, right hand lying over hip
  • Upper arm lying along left side of body, lower arm extended across pelvis area
  • Extended straight next to the left leg
  • Extended straight next to the right leg
  • Feet extending straight
  • Good level of preservation
  • Remains in good condition with some fragmentation
  • Lifted in 2022

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Human bone 23 121 Right foot. (Year 2022)
Human bone 10 16 Sternum. (Year 2022)
Human bone 4 6 Miscellaneous toe bones. (Year 2022)
Human bone 4 5 Miscellaneous finger bones. (Year 2022)
Human bone 15 30 Left hand. (Year 2022)
Human bone 24 82 Left scapula and clavicle. (Year 2022)
Human bone 25 90 Right scapula and clavicle. (Year 2022)
Human bone 4 191 Left arm. (Year 2022)
Human bone 22 50 Right hand. (Year 2022)
Human bone 4 220 Right arm. (Year 2022)
Human bone 66 42 Miscellaneous. (Year 2022)
Human bone 81 415 Vertebrae. (Year 2022)
Human bone 8 563 Right leg. (Year 2022)
Human bone 44 129 Right ribs. (Year 2022)
Human bone 9 539 Left leg. (Year 2022)
Human bone 9 411 Pelvis and sacrum. (Year 2022)
Human bone 22 126 Left foot. (Year 2022)
Human bone 59 124 Left ribs. (Year 2022)
Human bone 63 532 Skull. (Year 2022)

Feature

  • Feature: LDF_716
    • Burial containing SK2384, truncating through large slab near stone lined channel F724 in TR2W.

Record Details

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  • Libby Cowan 21-9-2022
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