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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	Holcombe I, Giant's Grave, Charmborough Hill, Som 4
Site number	17
Burial codes	5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5084 5097 5104 5111 5128 5143 5151 5152 5155 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	Long mound oriented E. Excavation in 1909 found 'human remains closely packed together in groups, generally between vertical stones, and sometimes overlaid with slabs of stone', 'all found in one part of the mound', close to the entrance stones. The bones represented several individuals of different ages and sex. There were also found a large number of flint chippings, and two leaf shaped arrow heads and a scraper.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	678
Y coordinate	513
Bibliographic source	Dobson 1931, Bulleid 1941, Grinsell 1971

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