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Site name Whitestaunton 1, Northay A
Site number 310
Burial codes 3005 3009 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3156 3161 3173 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc Round barrow with inner stone ring encircling a cist containing some ashes. A large rock was set up on the east side around which were grouped 'a great number of sepulchral urns inverted and standing on square tiles of lighter clay'.
Remains/Period Y3
County Somerset
Region SW
National grid square ST
X coordinate 281
Y coordinate 115
Bibliographic source Elton 1882, Grinsell 1969


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