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Site name Sperris Quoit, Zennor

Site number 216

Burial codes 4001 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4031 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4155 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A chamber tomb, with chamber remains scanty and comprising 5 granite orthostats. A small cremation pit near the outer face of stone 1 at the south end was formed by a circular hole 0.45m across narrowing to 0.3m, and 0.3m deep. It contained dark filling with fragments of charcoal and cremated bone, and ante-dated the tomb. The sherds suggested small globular pots with simple rims, and incised ornament. These were possibly immediately pre-Beaker.

Remains/Period Y4

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SW

X coordinate 470

Y coordinate 384

Bibliographic source Thomas and Wailes 1967

Query

Site name	Sperris Quoit, Zennor
Site number	216
Burial codes	4001 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4031 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4155 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A chamber tomb, with chamber remains scanty and comprising 5 granite orthostats. A small cremation pit near the outer face of stone 1 at the south end was formed by a circular hole 0.45m across narrowing to 0.3m, and 0.3m deep. It contained dark filling with fragments of charcoal and cremated bone, and ante-dated the tomb. The sherds suggested small globular pots with simple rims, and incised ornament. These were possibly immediately pre-Beaker.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SW
X coordinate	470
Y coordinate	384
Bibliographic source	Thomas and Wailes 1967