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Site name St Catherine 3, Charmy Down

Site number 280

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4112 4128 4143 4153 4154 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A cairn of oolite boulders covering a central circular area enclosed by a roughly built boulder wall. There was an oval burial pit 1.2m x 0.75m on the north side of the walled space. The pit was filled with stones packed edgewise over an earthy deposit containing the cremated burial; there was earthy rubble over the pit filling. The cremation was of a small adult, with no associated material. [Barrow 4].

Remains/Period Y4

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 763

Y coordinate 703

Bibliographic source Grimes 1960a

Query

Site name	St Catherine 3, Charmy Down
Site number	280
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4112 4128 4143 4153 4154 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A cairn of oolite boulders covering a central circular area enclosed by a roughly built boulder wall. There was an oval burial pit 1.2m x 0.75m on the north side of the walled space. The pit was filled with stones packed edgewise over an earthy deposit containing the cremated burial; there was earthy rubble over the pit filling. The cremation was of a small adult, with no associated material. [Barrow 4].
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	763
Y coordinate	703
Bibliographic source	Grimes 1960a