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| 25 of 1764 Document |
| Archive: | Manning | Unique ID: | 1527 | ||||||||
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Abingdon | Item No.: | 24 | No. of Sheets: | 4 |
| Title: | Manuscript extract from 'Rolleston MS University Museum Department of Comparative Anatomy'. | ||||
| Content: | Extract entitled 'Memorandum of excavation carried on for 4 days in a field belonging to Barton Abbey farm in January 1865.' Describes the excavations which took place after several skeletons were found at different times in a field belonging to Abbey Farm while digging gravel for the roads. Mr. J.Y. Akerman indicated a place for excavation. Describes the features which were uncovered, and lists the finds (including Romano-British pottery) and the different types of bones found there. | ||||
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