Skeleton of Bleadon Man, 1999.

Made:: 100 BCE in England

One male human skeleton of Iron Age date from Whitegate Farm, Bleadon. 'Bleadon Man’ is a skeleton of a 50 year-old man found during the building of new houses in Bleadon, Somerset, near Weston-super-Mare, in 1997. He had been 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 metres) tall and suffered from arthritis. The bones were carbon-dated to 100 BCE

One male human skeleton of Iron Age date from Whitegate Farm, Bleadon.

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Category:: Temporary Exhibitions

Object Number:: L1999-4098

Materials:: human remains

Measurements:: overall: 167 cm

type:: skeleton and human remains

copyright:: Unlinked Name

credit:: North Somerset Museum Service

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Skeleton of Bleadon Man, 1999.

One male human skeleton of Iron Age date from Whitegate Farm, Bleadon.

Measurements:: overall: 1670 mm

Materials:: bone

Object Number:: L1999-4098/1

type:: human remains and skeleton

Rib bones from 'Bleadon Man’, 1999.

Rib bones from 'Bleadon Man’, a skeleton of a 50 year-old man found during the building of new houses in Bleadon, Somerset, near Weston-super-Mare, in 1997. There are a total of 140 rib pieces as well as 1 box containing small fragments of bone.

One male human skeleton of Iron Age date from Whitegate Farm, Bleadon.

Materials:: bone

Object Number:: L1999-4098/2

type:: human remains and skeleton

Vertebrae and unidentified bones from the chest area of the 'Bleadon Man’, 1999.

Vertebrae and unidentified bones from the chest area of the 'Bleadon Man’, a skeleton of a 50 year-old man found during the building of new houses in Bleadon, Somerset, near Weston-super-Mare, in 1997. There are 19 vertebrae pieces, 52 fragments of crushed vertebrae and bones from the chest area as well as 1 box containing small fragments of bone.

One male human skeleton of Iron Age date from Whitegate Farm, Bleadon.

Materials:: bone

Object Number:: L1999-4098/3

type:: human remains and skeleton

Bones from the pelvic area of the 'Bleadon Man’, 1999.

Bones from the pelvic area of the 'Bleadon Man’, a skeleton of a 50 year-old man found during the building of new houses in Bleadon, Somerset, near Weston-super-Mare, in 1997. There are 65 pieces of bone from the pelvic area as well as 1 box containing small fragments of bone.

One male human skeleton of Iron Age date from Whitegate Farm, Bleadon.

Materials:: bone

Object Number:: L1999-4098/4

type:: human remains and skeleton

Bones from the left leg, right leg, scapula, clavicle, sternum, skull, mandible and unidentified chest bones (possibly fragments of rib) from the 'Bleadon Man’, 1999.

Bones from the left leg, right leg, scapula, clavicle, sternum, skull, mandible and unidentified chest bones (possibly fragments of rib) from the 'Bleadon Man’, a skeleton of a 50 year-old man found during the building of new houses in Bleadon, Somerset, near Weston-super-Mare, in 1997. There are 9 bones from the left leg, 10 bones from the right leg, 45 bones from the scapula and clavicle (as well as 1 box of small bone fragments), 14 bones from the sternum, 6 unidentified chest bones and 2 bags containing fragments of skull and mandible.

One male human skeleton of Iron Age date from Whitegate Farm, Bleadon.

Materials:: bone

Object Number:: L1999-4098/5

type:: human remains and skeleton

Bone fragments from the skeleton of Bleadon Man, 1999.

Box containing bone fragments from 'Bleadon Man’, a skeleton of a 50 year-old man found during the building of new houses in Bleadon, Somerset, near Weston-super-Mare, in 1997. There are 11 bags containing bone fragments from different parts of the skeleton inside the box.

One male human skeleton of Iron Age date from Whitegate Farm, Bleadon.