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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 Shaugh Moor, Cairn 12b

Site number 254

Burial codes 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4051 4053 4152 4184 4200

2500bc-14/1300bc A small oval turf mound 3m x 4m with a stone kerb retaining the body of the monument, a dark mixed soil. Off centre was a shallow scoop and a pit, each containing charcoal. The mound was built on the original land surface. It contained no human skeletal material although the soil favoured survival

RC: from the pit HAR-2221 1400 +/- 70, from the scoop HAR-2285 1450 +/- 90

Remains/Period N4

County Devon

Region SW

National grid square SX

X coordinate 553

Y coordinate 635

Bibliographic source Smith and Wainwright 1978, Wainwright, Smith et al 1979

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Site name	Shaugh Moor, Cairn 12b
Site number	254
Burial codes	4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4051 4053 4152 4184 4200
2500bc-14/1300bc	A small oval turf mound 3m x 4m with a stone kerb retaining the body of the monument, a dark mixed soil. Off centre was a shallow scoop and a pit, each containing charcoal. The mound was built on the original land surface. It contained no human skeletal material although the soil favoured survival RC: from the pit HAR-2221 1400 +/- 70, from the scoop HAR-2285 1450 +/- 90
Remains/Period	N4
County	Devon
Region	SW
National grid square	SX
X coordinate	553
Y coordinate	635
Bibliographic source	Smith and Wainwright 1978, Wainwright, Smith et al 1979