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Site name Farway 31, Ball Hill

Site number 244

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4110 4111 4121 4143 4152 4154 4156 4159 4171 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A flinty cairn under an earth mound, in the centre of which was an area paved with slabs, and a possible primary cremation interpreted as that of an adult and child. It was accompanied by a cylindrical bone bead of six segments (a copy of faience beads), and was all within a dome shaped circular cist, immediately surrounded by a circle of flints. There was an outer circle of spaced retaining flints on the outer lip of the ditch. A few feet into the mound a looped socketed bronze axe was found. [Kirwan D].

Remains/Period Y4

County Devon

Region SW

National grid square SY

X coordinate 174

Y coordinate 945

Bibliographic source Kirwan 1870, Fox 1948

Query

Site name	Farway 31, Ball Hill
Site number	244
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4110 4111 4121 4143 4152 4154 4156 4159 4171 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A flinty cairn under an earth mound, in the centre of which was an area paved with slabs, and a possible primary cremation interpreted as that of an adult and child. It was accompanied by a cylindrical bone bead of six segments (a copy of faience beads), and was all within a dome shaped circular cist, immediately surrounded by a circle of flints. There was an outer circle of spaced retaining flints on the outer lip of the ditch. A few feet into the mound a looped socketed bronze axe was found. [Kirwan D].
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Devon
Region	SW
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	174
Y coordinate	945
Bibliographic source	Kirwan 1870, Fox 1948