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Site name | Lydford 24, near Fernworthy stone circle |
Site number | 1374 |
Burial codes | 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4121 4122 4123 4129 4143 4153 4154 4184 |
2500bc-14/1300bc | A cairn with a retaining stone circle and a central pit 1.2m x 2.1m x 1m deep which contained a necked Beaker of Clarke's developed Southern British/Wessex group, a V-perforated shale dress fastener, a flint knife or side-scraper which may have been in the Beaker, 2-3 sherds and a fragment of oxydised bronze with remains of fibrous wood attached (possibly the remains of a dagger). The pit also contained wood charcoal but no traces of bone. [Barrow 1]. |
Remains/Period | N4 |
County | Devon |
Region | SW |
National grid square | SX |
X coordinate | 655 |
Y coordinate | 841 |
Bibliographic source | Baring-Gould 1898, Grinsell 1978 |
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