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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 Hembury, Payhembury

Site number 9

Burial codes 5003 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5035 5036 5184

3500bc - 2500bc Causewayed enclosure, where site soil did not preserve bone. North ditches included much abraded pottery. Silt was covered by burnt matter. 'In every section of the ditch the inner surface was invariably furiously burnt after a foot or two of rapid silt had filled up the bottom angle' (Liddell 1932, 162). However the north ditches excavated by Todd were relatively clear. There were a number of scooped hollows whose function was difficult to determine and may have been connected with burial ritual, but this cannot be substantiated.

8/700bc-100bc Few traces of structures and other features of this period have been traced.

Remains/Period N5 N2

County Devon

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 112

Y coordinate 30

Bibliographic source Liddell 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935a, Smith 1971, Kinnes 1979, Todd 1984

Query

Site name	Hembury, Payhembury
Site number	9
Burial codes	5003 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5035 5036 5184
3500bc - 2500bc	Causewayed enclosure, where site soil did not preserve bone. North ditches included much abraded pottery. Silt was covered by burnt matter. 'In every section of the ditch the inner surface was invariably furiously burnt after a foot or two of rapid silt had filled up the bottom angle' (Liddell 1932, 162). However the north ditches excavated by Todd were relatively clear. There were a number of scooped hollows whose function was difficult to determine and may have been connected with burial ritual, but this cannot be substantiated.
8/700bc-100bc	Few traces of structures and other features of this period have been traced.
Remains/Period	N5 N2
County	Devon
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	112
Y coordinate	30
Bibliographic source	Liddell 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935a, Smith 1971, Kinnes 1979, Todd 1984