NGR: SE 5823 8296
NMR: SE58SE 30
SMR: NM?
Excavation: R.H. Hayes, 1955.
Curation: Scarborough Museum.
Burials: MNI: 9 (8 adults, 1 juvenile).
Finds: AOC, PFB & PTC Beakers; flint knife and scraper; animal bones.
Date: Early Bronze Age and Iron Age (1)
14C: 3110 bp (OxA-13000); 2380 (OxA-13001) on human bone.
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