Portland Verne Quarry, Portland, Dorset


NGR: SY 690 735

NMR: SY 67 SE 23

SMR: -

SAM: -

Excavation: ? 1891.

Curation: Dorset County Museum (human and animal bone, artefacts)

Burials: MNI: 4 (2 adults, 2 children).

Finds: 'Flint' (chert) flakes, Peterborough ware, animal bones.

Date: Neolithic (2)

14C: -

Bibliography:

Gray, W. (1861) On the geology of the Isle of Portland. Proceedings of the Geologists Association 1: 128-147.

Mansel-Pleydell, J.C. (1892) An ancient interment on the Verne, Portland. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Field Club 13: 232-238.

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