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Site name Charlcombe 3, Lansdown, Race Field
Site number 277
Burial codes 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4053 4065 4075 4084 4152 4184
2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow covering two irregular circles of stone walls (1.2m and 0.9m in diameter) joining to form a rough figure of eight. From these three short walls extended to the north. A stone 1.2m north of the circles covered a deposit of animal bones of bos longifrons. There was no sign of interment, which had probably been looted. There were some pottery fragments. The mound was of soil with a few large stones laid on edge here and there.
Remains/Period N4
County Somerset
Region SW
National grid square ST
X coordinate 715
Y coordinate 688
Bibliographic source Bush 1911, 1913, Grinsell 1971


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