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Title: Willerby Wold long barrow model
Item Name: Religion or Ritual

Maker(s):
Earnshaw, J.R.

Description:

Model of the Willerby Wold Neolithic long barrow, made of fibreboard, wood and plaster. A reconstruction of the final phase of the site based on archaeological evidence supplied by the excavator. Excavated by Terry Manby in 1958-60, the roughly trapezoidal timber structure had a timber post facade at the east end and was covered with an earth/chalk mound. Radio carbon dated to around 3000BC.


Culture: Neolithic
Materials: wood
Measurements: L:48.5cm, W:31.5cm,
ID_Number: ERYMS : 1993.1648

Related People

Earnshaw, J.R.
British
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Earnshaw, J.R.
British
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Related Publications

The excavation of Willerby Wold long barrow, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Manby, T.G.
1963
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