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Site name Welsh St Donats 2

Site number 1496

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4047 4051 4053 4065 4075 4083 4092 4098 4104 4109 4111 4129 4143 4152 4154 4161 4181 4200

2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow with a mound of red loam covered by a loose packed layer of stones with a kerb at the S and SE, the stones themselves under a slight layer of humus. The old land surface appeared to have been cleared before the barrow was built. In the covering stone layer near the centre was a large slab lying directly on the mound soil supported by some packing stones: fragments of cremated bone, sherds, and a plano-convex knife were found in the humus and stone layers in the area around the stone.

The primary burial was to the NE of the mound centre and set on the old ground surface, comprising an upright food vessel set into the south western edge of a small oval cairn-like setting of stones but not covered by it. Fragments of cremated bone of an infant of less than c1 were found in the pot, scattered over it, and between and underneath the cairn stones. Incorporated in the cairn was a plano-convex flint knife and two large flint flakes. The head of a femur was also found in the cairn, but is now missing.

2m south east of the assumed mound centre was a deposit of oak charcoal c1m square on the mound base. Fragments of food vessels and Beakers were found in the mound and in the stone layers and humus at a number of points. Elsewhere 19 other flints were found of general Bronze Age type, 2 others being of Beaker type. Two small pots (Irish bowls) were also placed against the kerb when it was built.

RC: from oak charcoal HAR-4168 2270 +/- 70

Remains/Period Y4

County South Glamorgan

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 36

Y coordinate 755

Bibliographic source Ehrenberg, Price and Vale 1982

Query

Site name	Welsh St Donats 2
Site number	1496
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4047 4051 4053 4065 4075 4083 4092 4098 4104 4109 4111 4129 4143 4152 4154 4161 4181 4200
2500bc-14/1300bc	A round barrow with a mound of red loam covered by a loose packed layer of stones with a kerb at the S and SE, the stones themselves under a slight layer of humus. The old land surface appeared to have been cleared before the barrow was built. In the covering stone layer near the centre was a large slab lying directly on the mound soil supported by some packing stones: fragments of cremated bone, sherds, and a plano-convex knife were found in the humus and stone layers in the area around the stone. The primary burial was to the NE of the mound centre and set on the old ground surface, comprising an upright food vessel set into the south western edge of a small oval cairn-like setting of stones but not covered by it. Fragments of cremated bone of an infant of less than c1 were found in the pot, scattered over it, and between and underneath the cairn stones. Incorporated in the cairn was a plano-convex flint knife and two large flint flakes. The head of a femur was also found in the cairn, but is now missing. 2m south east of the assumed mound centre was a deposit of oak charcoal c1m square on the mound base. Fragments of food vessels and Beakers were found in the mound and in the stone layers and humus at a number of points. Elsewhere 19 other flints were found of general Bronze Age type, 2 others being of Beaker type. Two small pots (Irish bowls) were also placed against the kerb when it was built. RC: from oak charcoal HAR-4168 2270 +/- 70
Remains/Period	Y4
County	South Glamorgan
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	36
Y coordinate	755
Bibliographic source	Ehrenberg, Price and Vale 1982