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Site name | West Lanyon Quoit, Lower Lanyon Quoit, Madron |
Site number | 172 |
Burial codes | 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4155 4161 4181 |
2500bc-14/1300bc | A barrow destroyed in the 18th century, covering a megalithic chamber. In this was a broken urn with many ashes, and lower down human skeletal material lying in a disordered state. |
Remains/Period | Y4 |
County | Cornwall |
Region | SW |
National grid square | SW |
X coordinate | 423 |
Y coordinate | 338 |
Bibliographic source | Hencken 1932 |
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