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Site name Harlyn III, Bloodhound Cove, Harlyn Bay

Site number 175

Burial codes 4001 4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4083 4091 4098 4104 4111 4112 4122 4123 4129 4143 4153 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A shallow rock cut pit was covered by a slab supported by stones, and in it was set a very large two-handled biconical pot buried in brown earth. The pot was set upright and covered by a slab. It contained burned bones of an adult, a Wessex II dagger with two rivets, a bronze awl or pin, a whetstone, a slate spindle whorl and a pygmy or incense cup. There were also one or two stones like stone axes in form in or near the urn. The pots were elaborately decorated with cord patterns. There was charcoal in the bottom of the urn cavity. There was no definite evidence for a cairn.

Remains/Period Y4

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SW

X coordinate 878

Y coordinate 754

Bibliographic source Iago 1890-91, Bullen 1901, Crawford 1921a, Hencken 1932

Query

Site name	Harlyn III, Bloodhound Cove, Harlyn Bay
Site number	175
Burial codes	4001 4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4083 4091 4098 4104 4111 4112 4122 4123 4129 4143 4153 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A shallow rock cut pit was covered by a slab supported by stones, and in it was set a very large two-handled biconical pot buried in brown earth. The pot was set upright and covered by a slab. It contained burned bones of an adult, a Wessex II dagger with two rivets, a bronze awl or pin, a whetstone, a slate spindle whorl and a pygmy or incense cup. There were also one or two stones like stone axes in form in or near the urn. The pots were elaborately decorated with cord patterns. There was charcoal in the bottom of the urn cavity. There was no definite evidence for a cairn.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SW
X coordinate	878
Y coordinate	754
Bibliographic source	Iago 1890-91, Bullen 1901, Crawford 1921a, Hencken 1932