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Site name Chew Park

Site number 1434

Burial codes 4001 4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4092 4101 4106 4112 4127 4143 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A circular pit c0.9m across x 0.3m deep containing a portion of the cremated remains of a male c35 on one side of the grave. In the fill was a quern rubber and over 80 sherds, flint tools and stones which were probably from a domestic site. Among these were 31 sherds representing 8 vessels including 3 Bell Beakers, a Beaker bowl (?), a small beaker or cup, a very large coarse beaker and another large beaker or storage jar. Several of the flint tools were freshly made, notably an arrow head and some scrapers, and may have been intended as grave goods. The domestic assemblage is unusual for a Bell Beaker grave.

Remains/Period Y4

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 550

Y coordinate 585

Bibliographic source Rahtz and Greenfield 1977

Query

Site name	Chew Park
Site number	1434
Burial codes	4001 4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4092 4101 4106 4112 4127 4143 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A circular pit c0.9m across x 0.3m deep containing a portion of the cremated remains of a male c35 on one side of the grave. In the fill was a quern rubber and over 80 sherds, flint tools and stones which were probably from a domestic site. Among these were 31 sherds representing 8 vessels including 3 Bell Beakers, a Beaker bowl (?), a small beaker or cup, a very large coarse beaker and another large beaker or storage jar. Several of the flint tools were freshly made, notably an arrow head and some scrapers, and may have been intended as grave goods. The domestic assemblage is unusual for a Bell Beaker grave.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	550
Y coordinate	585
Bibliographic source	Rahtz and Greenfield 1977