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Medicine bottles and related items from former military hospital dump, Lydiard Park

A small collection of items found in between on the site of the former dump for the WW2 military hospital camp at Lydiard Park. They include a rubber lidded American manufactured medicine bottle and syringe fragment.

The dump was located outside the perimeter of the camp and occasionally items pertaining to the field hospital are dug up by badgers or foxes and can be spotted on the ground.

Year
1943-1948
Type
Archaeological Find
Location
Lydiard House
Owner
Swindon Borough Council
Reference
LYD 2009 - 9 LYD 2012 - 21 / LYD 2009 - (a&b) LYD 2010 c / LYD 2009 -10.12-15 / LYD 2012 -22
Copyright
Friends of Lydiard Park
Credit
Pete Mills
Last updated on
Friday 7th July 2023
LYD_2009_11_2012_21.jpg US Medicine bottle
LYD_2009_9a_9b_10c.jpg
LYD_2009_10_12_15.jpg mug fragment, medicine bottle
LYD_2012_22.jpg ceramic sherds, Lydiard Park
LYD_2009_11_2012_21.jpg US Medicine bottle
LYD_2009_9a_9b_10c.jpg
LYD_2009_10_12_15.jpg mug fragment, medicine bottle
LYD_2012_22.jpg ceramic sherds, Lydiard Park

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