Monument record MDO2071 - Several burials in cists, Tatton Farm, Portesham

Quarrying of ‘Tatton Hill’ in 1826 exposed several adult inhumations in stone-lined cists. It was reported that eight or ten were in cists, about one foot below the surface, with some charcoal and traces of burning on the stones. In 1928 another adult skeleton was found, also in a cist and at the same depth.

Several unaccompanied adult inhumations in covered slab lined cists, with some charcoal and traces of burning on the stones, were exposed in quarrying ‘Tatton Hill’ in 1826. Eight or ten were in cists, about one foot below the surface. In 1928 an unaccompanied adult skeleton, extended east-west with head to the west, was found at the same depth in a covered cist without end slabs, 6 ½ feet long, 20 inches wide at the shoulders and 15 inches wide at the knees. The posture and type of grave are characteristic of the Roman period in the region.

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