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Site name Croyde, Saunton Down
Site number 1337
Burial codes 5001 5006 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5036 5042 5044 5046 5052 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5104 5111 5127 5143 5153 5181
3500bc - 2500bc A shallow gravepit c0.9m deep containing the inhumation of an adult accompanied by crab remains, limpet shells and worked and unworked flakes in a grave fill of fine beach shingle. There appears to have been some disarticulation of the limbs prior to deposition as foot bones were found considerably higher in the fill than the tibia and fibula. The excavators dated the burial as Neolithic on grounds of flintwork and associated finds, but Worth 1937 casts doubts if without argument.
Remains/Period Y5
County Devon
Region SW
National grid square SS
X coordinate 430
Y coordinate 400
Bibliographic source Young 1908, Worth 1937


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