NGR: ST 5319 4801
NMR: ST 54 NW 14
SMR: S 24355
SAM: -
MCRA: 275
Excavation: H.E. Balch 1904-13; E.J. Mason, 1946-49; E.K. Tratman 1970-76.
Curation: Wells and Mendip Museum, UBSS Museum, Manchester Museum.
Burials: MNI: 28+
Finds: Romano-British artefacts, Roman coins, bronze jewellery, animal bones.
Date: Iron Age & Romano British (1).
14C: 2245 bp (SUERC-50793), 1760 bp (SUERC-50794) on human bone.
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