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Site name Dainton Earthworks A, Milton Mator Common

Site number 240

Burial codes 3001 3005 3007 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3036 3042 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3091 3098 3104 3111 3127 3128 3143 3154 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc In the Dainton field system there is a group of stone cairns scattered among the fields. Cairn S2 contained human skeletal material at its core. Artefacts were recovered at all levels of the cairn. The quantity of finds implied the presence of a midden site or one of occupation, but there was no structural evidence for such. The cairn S2 was very casually constructed and had no obvious stratification. There were flints of the Early Bronze Age type, but this could be the simple continuation of tradition through the Middle to the Late Bronze Age. Pottery possibly of the Late Bronze Age was found.

Remains/Period Y3

County Devon

Region SW

National grid square SX

X coordinate 858

Y coordinate 667

Bibliographic source Silvester 1980, Bruck 1995

Query

Site name	Dainton Earthworks A, Milton Mator Common
Site number	240
Burial codes	3001 3005 3007 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3036 3042 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3091 3098 3104 3111 3127 3128 3143 3154 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	In the Dainton field system there is a group of stone cairns scattered among the fields. Cairn S2 contained human skeletal material at its core. Artefacts were recovered at all levels of the cairn. The quantity of finds implied the presence of a midden site or one of occupation, but there was no structural evidence for such. The cairn S2 was very casually constructed and had no obvious stratification. There were flints of the Early Bronze Age type, but this could be the simple continuation of tradition through the Middle to the Late Bronze Age. Pottery possibly of the Late Bronze Age was found.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Devon
Region	SW
National grid square	SX
X coordinate	858
Y coordinate	667
Bibliographic source	Silvester 1980, Bruck 1995