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Site name | Oystermouth Cairn |
Site number | 1354 |
Burial codes | 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4153 4154 4156 4181 |
2500bc-14/1300bc | A re-excavated cairn which produced the remains of two and possibly a third secondary cists. In the centre was a boat shaped pit containing cremated bone scattered throughout its fill. Sherds of Beaker pottery were found. |
Remains/Period | Y4 |
County | West Glamorgan |
Region | SW |
National grid square | SS |
X coordinate | 610 |
Y coordinate | 785 |
Bibliographic source | Savory 1970b |
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