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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Wauddu Farm, near Llangynidr

Site number 1492

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4083 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4153 4154 4156 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A stone cairn covered a cist containing a large biconical collared urn with a cremation of a young male or a female. The collar was decorated with a corded chevron band and two bands of circles, each band separated by a double line incision. The cairn was very large, and the cist was sunk into the ground, comprising a slab floor, 4 slab walls and a covering of two capstones set one on the other. The urn was upright in the centre of the cist, and surrounded by burnt soil packing.

Remains/Period Y4

County Powys

Region SW

National grid square SO

X coordinate 150

Y coordinate 190

Bibliographic source Ward 1919b

Query

Site name	Wauddu Farm, near Llangynidr
Site number	1492
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4083 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4153 4154 4156 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A stone cairn covered a cist containing a large biconical collared urn with a cremation of a young male or a female. The collar was decorated with a corded chevron band and two bands of circles, each band separated by a double line incision. The cairn was very large, and the cist was sunk into the ground, comprising a slab floor, 4 slab walls and a covering of two capstones set one on the other. The urn was upright in the centre of the cist, and surrounded by burnt soil packing.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Powys
Region	SW
National grid square	SO
X coordinate	150
Y coordinate	190
Bibliographic source	Ward 1919b