NGR: SD 4826 8020
NMR: SD48SE 6
SMR: C 2489
NCI: 2082
Excavation: J.W. Jackson, 1912; D. Benson & K. Bland, 1956-62; J. Newton & L. Rice, 2004; H. O'Regan, 2010-11.
Curation: Lancaster Museum; Natural History Museum, London; Liverpool John Moores University; National Museum of Scotland.
Burials: MNI: 28 (22 adults, 6 juveniles).
Finds: : Romano-British and Early Medieval artefacts, antlers, animal bones.
Date: Romano-British (1)
14C: 1746bp(OxA-14173), 1734 bp (OxA-15994) on human bones; 1711bp (OxA-22031) on human bone, 1941bp (OxA-31061) on human bone.
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