What is recorded here
In a burial mound (WI026-006001-) situated at the S end of a ridge running N-S. A cist (0.8m x 0.45m; D 0.5m; aligned E-W), S of the centre of the mound and covered by a single capstone, was discovered during the destruction of the site in 1958. It contained cremations of three adult females, a newborn and a 6-8 year-old child with a flint arrowhead. Not visible at ground level. (Lucas 1960, 84-8)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 17 December 2012
A small Neolithic cist tomb, dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age, likely used for single inhumation burial. Its presence within a burial mound indicates a continuity of ritual landscape use in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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