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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Cwm Car Farm, Dolygaer

Site number 399

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4122 4129 4143 4156 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc Stone cist with a cover slab containing a possible long necked A Beaker, with in it a few pieces of charred bone and also a damaged tanged and barbed flint arrow head, unburnt. Charcoal, coal, and cinders were with the burnt bone, and burnt shale and ironstone.

Remains/Period Y4

County Powys

Region SW

National grid square SO

X coordinate 50

Y coordinate 134

Bibliographic source Ward 1902, Savory 1956

Query

Site name	Cwm Car Farm, Dolygaer
Site number	399
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4122 4129 4143 4156 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	Stone cist with a cover slab containing a possible long necked A Beaker, with in it a few pieces of charred bone and also a damaged tanged and barbed flint arrow head, unburnt. Charcoal, coal, and cinders were with the burnt bone, and burnt shale and ironstone.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Powys
Region	SW
National grid square	SO
X coordinate	50
Y coordinate	134
Bibliographic source	Ward 1902, Savory 1956