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Site name Trebartha, Northill
Site number 217
Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4101 4106 4112 4128 4143 4153 4156 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc A stone cist internally measuring 0.5m x 0.43m x 0.75m set in a pit cut in the subsoil. Four slate slabs formed the sides, covered by a rounded slab, and 3 thin slabs formed the inner base. Brown soil fill with at the bottom mixed potsherds of Trevisker II type and cremated bone. The cremation was of one probable male c30 at least: not all bones were represented.
Remains/Period Y4
County Cornwall
Region SW
National grid square SX
X coordinate 268
Y coordinate 772
Bibliographic source King and Miles 1976


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