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Re: Time Team - Sunday 27th Jan - Salisbury Plain
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Sanctuary wrote:
When talking about the burials they had previously discovered on site they mentioned a ditch burial or two. Burials in ditches seem to crop up quite regularly don't they, what is the thinking behind this practice anybody know?


Could be as simple as the soil being easier to dig where the ditch has been (naturally) re-filled over time.


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Posted by harestonesdown
28th January 2013ce
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