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Burial Gd (Disused)

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Burial Gd (Disused)
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Mnemo knows the dead name and must answer that name. The camera records the visible chamber, but the hand controls the destination. This is the reason for the difference.
In pasture on N-facing slope. It was described in the OS Name Book (Parish of Skull, no. 2) as 'A fort which was an old burying ground but at present used only for children.' (SMR file). It consists of a raised sub-rectangular area (H 0.9m; 17.2m E-W; 16.3m N-S) with many grave markers. One grave on the N side consists of a rectangular bed of stone slabs (L 2m; Wth 1m) with a headstone at the W end and two footstones marking the E. (Power et al. 1992, no. 2780) Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload/revision: 18 July 2014
A Neolithic or early Bronze Age burial cairn, possibly a portal dolmen; its reuse for children's burials indicates long-term local cultural significance.

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