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Site name St Catherine 2, Charmy Down
Site number 281
Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4108 4113 4128 4143 4152 4153 4154 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc This barrow post dated sites 279 and 280 at Charmy Down (Barrows 3 and 4), or it formed a double barrow with Barrow 4 (Site 280). A cairn with a central 2-course stone ring, slightly to the north of the centre of which was a big oval cremation burial pit. The cremation remains were scanty and probably those of an immature individual. They were covered by small stones, covered in turn by earthy rubble. There were no associations. [Barrow 5].
Remains/Period Y4
County Somerset
Region SW
National grid square ST
X coordinate 762
Y coordinate 703
Bibliographic source Grimes 1960a


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