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Site name Merry Maidens Barrows, Dawns Men, Dancing Stones

Site number 170

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc Several barrows near stone circle of Merry Maidens. Three produced pots in the 1870s, one of the large biconical type containing human ashes, and of the Early or Middle Bronze Age as that at Tregaseal (Site 6). A crude hand mill was found. The nearby entrance grave of Tregiffian (Site 7) was on the same axial alignment of Dawns Men.

Remains/Period Y4

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SW

X coordinate 432

Y coordinate 245

Bibliographic source Hencken 1932

Query

Site name	Merry Maidens Barrows, Dawns Men, Dancing Stones
Site number	170
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	Several barrows near stone circle of Merry Maidens. Three produced pots in the 1870s, one of the large biconical type containing human ashes, and of the Early or Middle Bronze Age as that at Tregaseal (Site 6). A crude hand mill was found. The nearby entrance grave of Tregiffian (Site 7) was on the same axial alignment of Dawns Men.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SW
X coordinate	432
Y coordinate	245
Bibliographic source	Hencken 1932