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Site name Tregiffian Vean, St Just in Penwith

Site number 1091

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4034 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4096 4104 4111 4128 4143 4151 4152 4155 4160 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A chambered barrow or megalithic gallery grave oriented SW, containing a large biconical Middle Bronze Age urn associated with burnt human skeletal material from an adult mixed with the ashes of a peat fire, and burnt into the clay of the floor. The stratum of burnt material stretched from the chamber into the gallery. The burnt stones found in the chamber and other indications of great heat suggested that the cremation had taken place in the chamber itself.

Remains/Period Y4

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SW

X coordinate 368

Y coordinate 281

Bibliographic source Borlase 1878-81, Hencken 1932

Query

Site name	Tregiffian Vean, St Just in Penwith
Site number	1091
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4034 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4096 4104 4111 4128 4143 4151 4152 4155 4160 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A chambered barrow or megalithic gallery grave oriented SW, containing a large biconical Middle Bronze Age urn associated with burnt human skeletal material from an adult mixed with the ashes of a peat fire, and burnt into the clay of the floor. The stratum of burnt material stretched from the chamber into the gallery. The burnt stones found in the chamber and other indications of great heat suggested that the cremation had taken place in the chamber itself.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SW
X coordinate	368
Y coordinate	281
Bibliographic source	Borlase 1878-81, Hencken 1932