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Site name Tarrant Launceston 8, Launceston Down

Site number 754

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4122 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with a stone and earth mound covering a large sub-rectangular grave pit 2.1m x 1.8m x 0.9m deep. On the bottom was a skeleton on its right side, legs tightly flexed, at the feet a bronze awl, and behind the back a type A Beaker. In the pit fill was a secondary Early/Middle Bronze Age vessel set in a pocket of dark soil. The grave had a ledge on the north side 15cm high and 30cm wide.

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 957

Y coordinate 105

Bibliographic source Piggott and Piggott 1944

Query

Site name	Tarrant Launceston 8, Launceston Down
Site number	754
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4122 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with a stone and earth mound covering a large sub-rectangular grave pit 2.1m x 1.8m x 0.9m deep. On the bottom was a skeleton on its right side, legs tightly flexed, at the feet a bronze awl, and behind the back a type A Beaker. In the pit fill was a secondary Early/Middle Bronze Age vessel set in a pocket of dark soil. The grave had a ledge on the north side 15cm high and 30cm wide.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	957
Y coordinate	105
Bibliographic source	Piggott and Piggott 1944