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| 1715 of 1764 Document |
| Archive: | Manning | Unique ID: | 1722 | ||||||||
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Wytham | Item No.: | 29 | No. of Sheets: | 14 |
| Title: | Manuscript extract from publication: 'George Rolleston's Scientific Papers, Volume II, pp.939 - 942'. | ||||
| Content: | Concerning the excavation of graves found while digging gravel on Lord Abingdon's property a little to the north of the village of Wytham, between 1869 and March 1878. Gives dimensions of some of the graves and discusses the positions of the skeletons when they were uncovered. Mentions that one of the skeletons was a child. Lists objects found in the graves (bones of a pig, split tusks of a boar (one pierced), a worked flint, the horn of a red deer, coarse pottery, amber beads and charcoal). Goes on to make detailed notes for discoveries made at the site on the dates January 28, 1870, June 6 1870, March 1871, September 17 1875 and 18 March 1878. The note concludes by mentioning that most of the skeletons and other objects collected at the site are preserved in the University Museum of Natural History, Oxford. | ||||
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