Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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Site name Maes-yr-hwyaid Farm, Welsh St Donats

Site number 1433

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4091 4098 4104 4105 4122 4123 4143 4142 4143 4154 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc An earthen round barrow with a central cairn covering a narrow rimmed plain collared urn standing upright in a shallow pit. It contained the burnt bones of a mature or nearly mature person, a flint flake knife with lateral retouching and a finely finished ring-headed bone pin of Wessex type.

Remains/Period Y4

County South Glamorgan

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 35

Y coordinate 751

Bibliographic source Savory 1969

Query

Site name	Maes-yr-hwyaid Farm, Welsh St Donats
Site number	1433
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4091 4098 4104 4105 4122 4123 4143 4142 4143 4154 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	An earthen round barrow with a central cairn covering a narrow rimmed plain collared urn standing upright in a shallow pit. It contained the burnt bones of a mature or nearly mature person, a flint flake knife with lateral retouching and a finely finished ring-headed bone pin of Wessex type.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	South Glamorgan
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	35
Y coordinate	751
Bibliographic source	Savory 1969