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Site name Escalls, Tregiffian
Site number 1251
Burial codes 3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3081 3085 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3154 3156 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc A cairn surrounded by a double ring of stones, incorporating a large natural rock, contained a cist empty except for 2 limpet shells and a few flint chips. Outside this grave at the southern end was a little urn inverted and filled with black earth and ashes, barrel shaped with two lugs and a double chevron pattern around the rim. The centre of the cairn had domestic pottery of hut village type.
Remains/Period Y3
County Cornwall
Region SW
National grid square SW
X coordinate 361
Y coordinate 270
Bibliographic source Borlase 1878-81


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