Buckland's Windypit
Excavation
A. Pacitto & R.H. Hayes, 1956-58, 1960
Curation
Scarborough Museum
Burials
MNI: 6 (5 adult, 1 juvenile)
Finds
AOC Beaker pottery, flint artefacts, animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Late Neolithic | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
| Roman | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
14C
3601 bp (OxA-13002), 1864 bp (OxA-11798), 1829 bp (OxA-11799) on human bone
External References
| National Monuments Record | SE58SE 31 |
| Sites and Monument Record | NM? |
Bibliography
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Article Author Graham Mullan