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Site name | Manaton 6, Red Barrows |
Site number | 1380 |
Burial codes | 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4159 4181 |
2500bc-14/1300bc | A largely earthen round barrow with a central pit in which were fragments of burnt bone and wood charcoal. There were more burnt bones and wood charcoal beneath and among stones of an adjoining paved area. Well above the paved area were two indeterminate fragments of bronze. From the mound material came a flint described as an arrow head. |
Remains/Period | Y4 |
County | Devon |
Region | SW |
National grid square | SX |
X coordinate | 677 |
Y coordinate | 796 |
Bibliographic source | Baring-Gould 1903, Grinsell 1978 |
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