What is recorded here
On a gentle NW-facing slope. A cist (L c. 1.82m), paved with stones and covered with a capstone, was found in the mid 1920s in a low circular mound (WI027-008001-). It contained human bones and some ‘light yellowish-coloured paste’. Some of the stones were removed by the farmer and used for building walls. (Price 1934, 46-7)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 18 December 2012
Cist in Tuckmill Upper is a small stone burial chamber, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with a low circular mound. Its significance lies in the presence of human remains, indicating a funerary context typical of single inhumation burials from the period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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