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Site name Priddy I, Coxton End Lane

Site number 12

Burial codes 5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5033 5043 5048 5051 5053 5065 5075 5093 5104 5111 5128 5151 5152 5153 5156 5181

3500bc - 2500bc Long barrow oriented SSE/NNW. There were primary deposits of burnt and unburnt human skeletal material, nearly all in 0.3m of earth and stones immediately above the clay floor. At the axial centre was a pit 0.75m diameter filled with large stones. Just above and slightly to the north were 2 human molars, some tiny fragments of burnt bone and a piece of (?)humerus. There were two burnt areas, in one of which was a small cist enclosed by stone slabs which contained a few scraps of burnt bone. The mound had a subrectangular core of large stones edged by an irregular wall, capped by earth and stones.

Remains/Period Y5

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 514

Y coordinate 509

Bibliographic source Dobson 1931, Grinsell 1971, Phillips and Taylor 1972

Query

Site name	Priddy I, Coxton End Lane
Site number	12
Burial codes	5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5033 5043 5048 5051 5053 5065 5075 5093 5104 5111 5128 5151 5152 5153 5156 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	Long barrow oriented SSE/NNW. There were primary deposits of burnt and unburnt human skeletal material, nearly all in 0.3m of earth and stones immediately above the clay floor. At the axial centre was a pit 0.75m diameter filled with large stones. Just above and slightly to the north were 2 human molars, some tiny fragments of burnt bone and a piece of (?)humerus. There were two burnt areas, in one of which was a small cist enclosed by stone slabs which contained a few scraps of burnt bone. The mound had a subrectangular core of large stones edged by an irregular wall, capped by earth and stones.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	514
Y coordinate	509
Bibliographic source	Dobson 1931, Grinsell 1971, Phillips and Taylor 1972