Monument record 9573/0/1 - Undated Burial, Wootton Fields

An isolated inhumation was excavated as part of a wider investigation during development. It lay in the vicinity of Roman settlement and may be contemporary

{1} An isolated inhumation burial lay 3m south of the late Roman coin hoard. The grave cut was indistinct, measuring 2.1m by 0.6m and the burial was an extended supine inhumation, aligned north-south. No artefacts were recovered and the condition of the skeleton was poor, with some of the bone only existing as stain. The stature of the individual as measured in the ground, c. 1.75m tall, indicates that this was probably an adult male. A single tooth was recovered, however, as this is apparently a deciduous tooth, which would have been lost by the age of 12, it is evidently not from this individual.

<1> Upson-Smith T.; Chapman A., 2004, Archaeological Watching Brief and Excavation at Wootton Fields Centre for Learning, Northampton, p.4 (checked) (Report). SNN104633.

<1> Upson-Smith T.; Chapman A., 2004, Archaeological Watching Brief and Excavation at Wootton Fields Centre for Learning, Northampton, p.4 (checked) (Report). SNN104633.

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