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.
Details
- Category:
- Temporary Exhibitions
- Object Number:
- L1999-4098
- Materials:
- human remains
- Measurements:
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overall: 167 cm
- type:
- skeleton and human remains
- copyright:
- Unlinked Name
- credit:
- North Somerset Museum Service
