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Site name | Carn Euny, Sancreed |
Site number | 181 |
Burial codes | 4002 4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4122 4123 4143 4153 4161 4181 |
2500bc-14/1300bc | Two pits, each containing a (probably) lugged bucket urn with cremated remains and ashes, and by the side of each was laid a whetstone (compare those at Tregaseal [Site 6], and Zennor [Site 168]), and a 'knife'. One whetstone was of sandstone, the other of 'black marble'. No barrow was recorded. |
Remains/Period | Y4 |
County | Cornwall |
Region | SW |
National grid square | SW |
X coordinate | 403 |
Y coordinate | 288 |
Bibliographic source | Borlase 1872, Hencken 1932 |
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