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Site name | Shaugh Moor, Cairn 71 |
Site number | 256 |
Burial codes | 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4051 4053 4154 4184 4200 |
2500bc-14/1300bc | South east of cairn 126 was a large earth-fast boulder once part of a small cairn. Part of the stone kerb and the turf centre survived, and a pit with some potsherds was recorded at the centre. There was a scatter of charcoal at the centre of the mound. No burnt human skeletal material was found although the soil permitted survival. RC: HAR-2213 1480 +/- 80 |
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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