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Site name Nine Maidens Barrows, St Buryan

Site number 169

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4121 4143 4151 4152 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc Two barrows close by Nine Maidens stone circle at Boscawen-un. One covered two piles of cremated bones and some small bits of bronze. The other held two pots, one large and one small biconical type, and a broken saddle quern.

Remains/Period Y4

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SW

X coordinate 412

Y coordinate 274

Bibliographic source Hencken 1932

Query

Site name	Nine Maidens Barrows, St Buryan
Site number	169
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4121 4143 4151 4152 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	Two barrows close by Nine Maidens stone circle at Boscawen-un. One covered two piles of cremated bones and some small bits of bronze. The other held two pots, one large and one small biconical type, and a broken saddle quern.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SW
X coordinate	412
Y coordinate	274
Bibliographic source	Hencken 1932