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Site name Woolley Barrows Round Barrow, Morwenstow
Site number 226
Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4112 4128 4143 4152 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc Barrow with a mound formed from alternate layers of local clay and soil. The central area was surrounded by a low drystone wall. Both primary and secondary burials were cremations. Finds were scanty, including a piece of amber (a possible pin head?), and a broken bead of Roman date from the disturbed area. Believed 'of Wessex date'.
Remains/Period Y4
County Cornwall
Region SW
National grid square SS
X coordinate 262
Y coordinate 165
Bibliographic source Dudley 1968b, Higginbotham 1977


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