Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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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 Pen-y-Wyrlod I, The Druid's Altar, Bre 1

Site number 46

Burial codes 5002 5005 5022 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5103 5104 5108 5110 5111 5121 5125 5154 5156 5181

3500bc - 2500bc A long cairn oriented NE, subjected to earlier disturbance, but one cist was undisturbed and contained remains of six individuals in fragmentary condition (but in a few cases with some bones properly articulated), and animal bones of horse, ox, dog and pig. The remains included those of two children c6 and c11, a fully grown male and a possible female adult.

2500bc-14/1300bc Overlap site with 3500-2500, as some dozens of small blue faience beads and tubes of vitreous paste were found at one point in the cist.

Remains/Period Y5 Y4

County Powys

Region SW

National grid square SO

X coordinate 151

Y coordinate 316

Bibliographic source Vulliamy 1922a, 1923

Query

Site name	Pen-y-Wyrlod I, The Druid's Altar, Bre 1
Site number	46
Burial codes	5002 5005 5022 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5084 5091 5098 5103 5104 5108 5110 5111 5121 5125 5154 5156 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	A long cairn oriented NE, subjected to earlier disturbance, but one cist was undisturbed and contained remains of six individuals in fragmentary condition (but in a few cases with some bones properly articulated), and animal bones of horse, ox, dog and pig. The remains included those of two children c6 and c11, a fully grown male and a possible female adult.
2500bc-14/1300bc	Overlap site with 3500-2500, as some dozens of small blue faience beads and tubes of vitreous paste were found at one point in the cist.
Remains/Period	Y5 Y4
County	Powys
Region	SW
National grid square	SO
X coordinate	151
Y coordinate	316
Bibliographic source	Vulliamy 1922a, 1923