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Site name Madawg Shelter

Site number 1481

Burial codes 4001 4004 4008 4022 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4151 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A very large west-facing rock shelter over looking the Wye, with at the southern end in a deep niche in the rock large fragments of Food Vessels and some human remains, interpreted as a likely burial deposit.

Remains/Period Y4

County Gwent

Region SW

National grid square SO

X coordinate 546

Y coordinate 153

Bibliographic source Barton 1994

Query

Site name	Madawg Shelter
Site number	1481
Burial codes	4001 4004 4008 4022 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4151 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A very large west-facing rock shelter over looking the Wye, with at the southern end in a deep niche in the rock large fragments of Food Vessels and some human remains, interpreted as a likely burial deposit.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Gwent
Region	SW
National grid square	SO
X coordinate	546
Y coordinate	153
Bibliographic source	Barton 1994