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HER 2882 - Remainss of cow in buried river channel: Friends’ Burial Ground, Staines
A fully articulated skeleton of a cow, buried on its side, its skull turned back over its shoulder was found in a pit during the excavation of Roman and medieval Staines (HER 807 and 2869) in 1975-76 at the Friends' Burial Ground site. The burial pit is roughly oval, cut into Bronze Age features, in which was found Carbon 14 date of c. 870+/- 100 B.C. See HER 2880, 2881, 2884, 2885 and 2886. See HER 2883 for location details of finds and archive.
| Record Type | Find |
|---|---|
| Condition | Destroyed |
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| Grid Reference | TQ 035 715 |
|---|---|
| Parish | Staines |
| Parish (old name) | Staines |
| District | Spelthorne, Surrey |
| Map Square | TQ07SW |
| Evidence Type | Monument Type | Date Range: |
|---|---|---|
| Finds: animal bone Natural feature | Prehistoric Iron Age |
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