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Pocklington Iron Age burial ground

Middle Iron Age burial ground, East Riding of Yorkshire

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The Pocklington Iron Age burial ground is a prehistoric cemetery discovered in 2014 on the outskirts of Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Excavations carried out on an ongoing basis since then, have uncovered more than 160 skeletons and more than 70 square barrows thought to date to the Middle Iron Age that are attributed to the Arras culture, an ancient British culture of East Yorkshire. A variety of grave goods have been found along with the human remains, including weapons, beads, pots, and a rare chariot burial.

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8th to 3rd–4th centuries BC

Site discovered during development

2014

Warrior burial revealed

2016

Chariot burial uncovered

2017

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United Kingdom

Coordinates

53.93° N, -0.77° E