What is recorded here
A pit-burial (B) within the flat cemetery (WX020-001----) was badly damaged but contained an encrusted urn (Kavanagh 1973, 568) inverted over a cremation and sherds of another vessel, possibly a food vessel. (Rynne 1966, 42)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 May, 2012
A Neolithic pit-burial; significant as an example of early funerary practices involving cremation and grave goods.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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