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Site name Pedngwinian Point, Gunwalloe

Site number 1103

Burial codes 3002 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3083 3092 3098 3104 3111 3125 3143 3152 3156 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A barrow containing at the SW edge three urns set upright in a small cist of large slabs, and each containing human ashes mixed with the bones of three wheatears, a toad and a very young rabbit. The first urn was bucket shaped with two ribbon handles, the second globular with 4 lugs, the third of small barrel shape with two vertically perforated lugs. The two latter were carelessly decorated. On the mouth of each urn was a flat stone.

Remains/Period Y3

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SW

X coordinate 652

Y coordinate 211

Bibliographic source Anon 1895-98, Hencken 1932, Patchett 1944

Query

Site name	Pedngwinian Point, Gunwalloe
Site number	1103
Burial codes	3002 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3083 3092 3098 3104 3111 3125 3143 3152 3156 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A barrow containing at the SW edge three urns set upright in a small cist of large slabs, and each containing human ashes mixed with the bones of three wheatears, a toad and a very young rabbit. The first urn was bucket shaped with two ribbon handles, the second globular with 4 lugs, the third of small barrel shape with two vertically perforated lugs. The two latter were carelessly decorated. On the mouth of each urn was a flat stone.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SW
X coordinate	652
Y coordinate	211
Bibliographic source	Anon 1895-98, Hencken 1932, Patchett 1944