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Site name White Cross Ring

Site number 261

Burial codes 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4029 4031 4051 4053 4065 4129 4130 4153 4154 4184

2500bc-14/1300bc An oval enclosure 12.6m x 10.5m formed by a wall of small flints, oriented NE/SW. Slightly off-centre to the north east was a small cairn which covered a grave pit 2.8m x 1.3m capped with red clay brought in from the Sid or Otter valleys. The pit contained 6 flint flakes and a fossil sea urchin but no bone in what was acid soil. It had from its size probably contained inhumations. Its fill was redeposited upcast from its digging.

The ring was 1.8m wide at the base, and the peat turf had been stripped before it was set down. 13 small pits were found, 10 inside the ring, 2 under the ring and 1 outside. Their fills comprised small flints, mixed with sticky bright grey clay and not backfill. Pit 3 was the largest and ante-dated the grave pit.

Possible parallel with Burnt Common (Site 259) but no charcoal or pottery was found at White Cross.

Remains/Period N4

County Devon

Region SW

National grid square SY

X coordinate 115

Y coordinate 921

Bibliographic source Pollard 1971

Query

Site name	White Cross Ring
Site number	261
Burial codes	4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4029 4031 4051 4053 4065 4129 4130 4153 4154 4184
2500bc-14/1300bc	An oval enclosure 12.6m x 10.5m formed by a wall of small flints, oriented NE/SW. Slightly off-centre to the north east was a small cairn which covered a grave pit 2.8m x 1.3m capped with red clay brought in from the Sid or Otter valleys. The pit contained 6 flint flakes and a fossil sea urchin but no bone in what was acid soil. It had from its size probably contained inhumations. Its fill was redeposited upcast from its digging. The ring was 1.8m wide at the base, and the peat turf had been stripped before it was set down. 13 small pits were found, 10 inside the ring, 2 under the ring and 1 outside. Their fills comprised small flints, mixed with sticky bright grey clay and not backfill. Pit 3 was the largest and ante-dated the grave pit. Possible parallel with Burnt Common (Site 259) but no charcoal or pottery was found at White Cross.
Remains/Period	N4
County	Devon
Region	SW
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	115
Y coordinate	921
Bibliographic source	Pollard 1971