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Site name Stormy Down Quarry, Pyle
Site number 1493
Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4031 4042 4046 4051 4065 4071 4084 4091 4098 4101 4107 4112 4128 4143 4152 4156 4171 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc A barrow, roughly circular, set on the natural rock surface in which a slight hollow had been made for the grave which was aligned NE. The hollow was lined with blocks of limestone of various sizes to enclose an area c1.4m x 0.7m, the floor covered in oolitic limestone flakes. The coverstone was a large slab of Pennant limestone from c2 miles away. The inhumation was of a large (probable) male of middle age, probably of Beaker type from skull evidence, strongly flexed, head to N, and set on the left side. A small flint flake scraper or knife was found behind the pelvis, but was not directly associated, it was thought.
Remains/Period Y4
County Mid Glamorgan
Region SW
National grid square SS
X coordinate 833
Y coordinate 796
Bibliographic source Grimes 1928, 1927-29


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