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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 Sidmouth 12, White Cross (S)

Site number 246

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4129 4130 4143 4153 4154 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc Oval enclosure of flints surrounded by a small cairn covering a central grave pit 2.8m x 1.3m capped with red clay. In the pit were 6 flint flakes, and a fossil sea urchin. The acid soil would have destroyed traces of any bone.

Remains/Period Y4

County Devon

Region SW

National grid square SY

X coordinate 115

Y coordinate 921

Bibliographic source Pollard 1971, Grinsell 1983

Query

Site name	Sidmouth 12, White Cross (S)
Site number	246
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4129 4130 4143 4153 4154 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	Oval enclosure of flints surrounded by a small cairn covering a central grave pit 2.8m x 1.3m capped with red clay. In the pit were 6 flint flakes, and a fossil sea urchin. The acid soil would have destroyed traces of any bone.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Devon
Region	SW
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	115
Y coordinate	921
Bibliographic source	Pollard 1971, Grinsell 1983