Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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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 Craig-a-bella, Poldhu, Gunwalloe

Site number 1255

Burial codes 3001 3006 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3091 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A Late Bronze Age biconical urn was set in a shallow hollow cut in the bedrock, and contained cremated human bone from one individual. There was no evidence for any mound or other covering structure.

Remains/Period Y3

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SW

X coordinate 664

Y coordinate 200

Bibliographic source Hartgroves and Harris 1985

Query

Site name	Craig-a-bella, Poldhu, Gunwalloe
Site number	1255
Burial codes	3001 3006 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3091 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A Late Bronze Age biconical urn was set in a shallow hollow cut in the bedrock, and contained cremated human bone from one individual. There was no evidence for any mound or other covering structure.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SW
X coordinate	664
Y coordinate	200
Bibliographic source	Hartgroves and Harris 1985