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MONUMENT NO. 78999

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A Roman inurned cremation and undated crouched inhumation were found in 1828.

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[TA 0057 2208.] 2 A finely-wrought, Roman, covered urn,
containing blackened bones and two or three corroded nails found
in 1828, in a regular seam of earth about 7 ft. deep and 5 yards
wide running in a direct line down the hill.
A crouched human skeleton laid with the head to the west was
found at the same spot. (1-2)

Find spot as noted by authority 2 is now under pasture. The
present location of the finds was not determined. The
illustration (authority 1) shows a Roman cinerary urn with
lattice decoration. (3)

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( 1) General reference

Ball H W 1856 History of Barton pp65-6 illus title-page

( 2) Annotated Record Map

Corr 6" (H.E. Budley 12.5.50)

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 FDC 12-MAR-63

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