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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Penhale Barrow, Nancekuke, Portreath

Site number 206

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4151 4152 4181 4200

2500bc-14/1300bc Turf round barrow with surrounding ditch, built on the original turf line. Probable primary cremation burial, with a fire patch on the original soil to the north of the grave. A wooden (?)shovel was found abandoned in the ditch.

RC: HAR-8097 1600 +/- 80

Remains/Period Y4

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SW

X coordinate 676

Y coordinate 463

Bibliographic source Christie 1985, Grinsell 1994

Query

Site name	Penhale Barrow, Nancekuke, Portreath
Site number	206
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4151 4152 4181 4200
2500bc-14/1300bc	Turf round barrow with surrounding ditch, built on the original turf line. Probable primary cremation burial, with a fire patch on the original soil to the north of the grave. A wooden (?)shovel was found abandoned in the ditch. RC: HAR-8097 1600 +/- 80
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SW
X coordinate	676
Y coordinate	463
Bibliographic source	Christie 1985, Grinsell 1994