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Site name St Cuthbert Out 40b
Site number 1417
Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4130 4143 4152 4156 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow with a secondary cremation with a perforated circular bone or disc c2.5cm (possibly a trephination roundel?) in diameter in a large coarse urn, in which there was an accessory vessel. The urn was protected by 3 slabs arranged in a triangle, and a cist of charcoal extended 0.6m below the urn. The primary interment was not reached.
Remains/Period Y4
County Somerset
Region SW
National grid square ST
X coordinate 593
Y coordinate 482
Bibliographic source Grinsell 1971


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