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The skeleton of the "Winterton Lady" on display in the North Lincolnshire Museum.
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| Period/culture | Roman |
| Discovered | 1968 Winterton, North Lincolnshire, England. |
| Present location | North Lincolnshire Museum |
The Winterton Lady is the skeleton of a Romano-British woman discovered in Winterton, North Lincolnshire, England. She was buried in a limestone sarcophagus, which was discovered during a road-widening scheme in 1968. She was aged between 20–25 years old when she died and originally stood at 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m) tall.
Her skeleton and the sarcophagus, along with a model of her facial reconstruction, are on display in North Lincolnshire Museum.
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