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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 Fore Down, St Cleer

Site number 205

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4101 4111 4112 4123 4129 4143 4152 4154 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow containing a (presumed) central cremation burial of an adult male in a large handled urn of early Trevisker ware, a flat bronze knife-dagger with three rivets, flints, and charcoal. A small cairn covered the urn cremation.

Remains/Period Y4

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SX

X coordinate 278

Y coordinate 692

Bibliographic source Christie 1988

Query

Site name	Fore Down, St Cleer
Site number	205
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4101 4111 4112 4123 4129 4143 4152 4154 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A round barrow containing a (presumed) central cremation burial of an adult male in a large handled urn of early Trevisker ware, a flat bronze knife-dagger with three rivets, flints, and charcoal. A small cairn covered the urn cremation.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SX
X coordinate	278
Y coordinate	692
Bibliographic source	Christie 1988