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Wittenham Clumps and Castle Hill

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Human sacrifices at the Clumps?


Archaeologists are investigating whether Wittenham Clumps was a centre for human sacrifice - after the chopped-up remains of a woman were found in a grave at Castle Hill.

The skeletal remains of the women were part of a remarkable discovery by archaeologists of a shared grave containing skeletons of a child and a man.
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Jane Posted by Jane
23rd October 2003ce
Edited 23rd October 2003ce

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