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Site name Butcombe I, Nempnett Thrubwell, Fairy's Toot, Som 2

Site number 11

Burial codes 5005 5009 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5033 5037 5042 5047 5051 5065 5075 5093 5104 5111 5125 5143 5152 5152 5155 5181

3500bc - 2500bc Chambered oval shaped long barrow oriented S, and containing six to eight pairs of cells along a central chamber built from thin slabs of white lias. Some chambers were reported to contain several skulls and other human bones. Some chambers were empty. An articulated skeleton lay immediately inside the porthole entrance oriented NS, while disordered human skeletal material was contained in the inner chambers. Ox thigh bone and a red deer tooth were found in cell C. No ashes, 'weapons' or pottery were reported.

Remains/Period Y5

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 520

Y coordinate 618

Bibliographic source Bere 1789, Scarth 1858, Dobson 1931, Bulleid 1941, Grinsell 1971

Query

Site name	Butcombe I, Nempnett Thrubwell, Fairy's Toot, Som 2
Site number	11
Burial codes	5005 5009 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5033 5037 5042 5047 5051 5065 5075 5093 5104 5111 5125 5143 5152 5152 5155 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	Chambered oval shaped long barrow oriented S, and containing six to eight pairs of cells along a central chamber built from thin slabs of white lias. Some chambers were reported to contain several skulls and other human bones. Some chambers were empty. An articulated skeleton lay immediately inside the porthole entrance oriented NS, while disordered human skeletal material was contained in the inner chambers. Ox thigh bone and a red deer tooth were found in cell C. No ashes, 'weapons' or pottery were reported.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	520
Y coordinate	618
Bibliographic source	Bere 1789, Scarth 1858, Dobson 1931, Bulleid 1941, Grinsell 1971