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Archive: Manning Unique ID: 279
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Crawley Item No.: 5 No. of Sheets: 1
Title: Note, possibly by Mr E.T. Leeds, based on information from Mr F. Ellis, 1922.
Content: Concerning the excavation of the 'Celtic Long Barrow' in Maggotsgrove near Crawley by Professor Rolleston on July 3 1876 and the objects and remains found there - fifty or sixty skeletons, some grey ware pottery and a small bronze buckle (now in the Ashmolean Museum). Also records the 'swapping' of skulls by Professor Rolleston - one whole one from the Witney collection for an Ancient Peruvian one from Mr Thomas Perdue.
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