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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