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Site name | Coberley Ia, Dry Heathfield, Barrow Piece |
Site number | 33 |
Burial codes | 5005 5009 5021 5024 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5046 5048 5051 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5103 5110 5111 5128 5143 5152 5156 5181 |
3500bc - 2500bc | A round barrow containing a stone chamber or cist oriented E, 1.8m x 0.6m x 0.6m deep, which held human skeletal material of at least 7 persons of all ages and both sexes. Marks of cremation were found outside the chamber of the cist. 4 skeletons were above the grave, extended in the drawing but described as contracted in the text. |
2500bc-14/1300bc | Possible overlap site with 3500-2500. |
Remains/Period | Y5 Y4 |
County | Gloucestershire |
Region | SW |
National grid square | SO |
X coordinate | 935 |
Y coordinate | 171 |
Bibliographic source | Bird 1877, O'Neil and Grinsell 1960, Kinnes 1979 |
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