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Site name Denzell Down A, Mawgan in Pydar

Site number 174

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4029 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4083 4093 4096 4104 4111 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc Large barrow excavated by Copeland Borlase, with a mound of different coloured soil strata. At 1.5m depth in the exact centre was a deposit of very small chippings of burnt bones and ashes mixed with yellow clay. 0.9m west of this and at the same level was a similar deposit. On the barrow floor at 2.7m depth and 0.9m NW of centre was a large deposit of burnt bone and ashes in a slight pit. Lying in the midst of the bones was a small one-handled Beaker vessel with turf covering its mouth and containing some of the bone, related to late handled Beakers.

Remains/Period Y4

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SW

X coordinate 902

Y coordinate 672

Bibliographic source Borlase 1872, Hencken 1932

Query

Site name	Denzell Down A, Mawgan in Pydar
Site number	174
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4029 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4083 4093 4096 4104 4111 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	Large barrow excavated by Copeland Borlase, with a mound of different coloured soil strata. At 1.5m depth in the exact centre was a deposit of very small chippings of burnt bones and ashes mixed with yellow clay. 0.9m west of this and at the same level was a similar deposit. On the barrow floor at 2.7m depth and 0.9m NW of centre was a large deposit of burnt bone and ashes in a slight pit. Lying in the midst of the bones was a small one-handled Beaker vessel with turf covering its mouth and containing some of the bone, related to late handled Beakers.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SW
X coordinate	902
Y coordinate	672
Bibliographic source	Borlase 1872, Hencken 1932