Description: A number of human skeletons were found when digging a deep drain in 1858. From the regular way in which they were deposited it was supposed that the site was an old 'burying place', apparantly confirming a tradition of Old Portesham.
Country: ENGLAND
County: DORSET
District: WEST DORSET
Parish: PORTESHAM
Grid Reference:
SY61158606
Map Reference:
[EPSG:27700] 361150, 86060
Period: UNCERTAIN
Subject: CEMETERY, FIND, FINDSPOT, HUMAN REMAINS, INHUMATION
Identifiers:
[ADS] Depositor Id: SY 68 NW 40
[ADS] Import RCN: NMR_NATINV-452390
People Involved:
[Publisher] Historic England
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