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Site name Combe St Nicholas 1, Combe Beacon

Site number 284

Burial codes 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4053 4065 4075 4085 4091 4098 4143 4152 4154 4156 4184

2500bc-14/1300bc Bell barrow containing a small central cist set below the original turf line. The cist contained charcoal only, of oak, ash and hazel. There were sherds of cinerary urn in the mound. The cist was covered by an earthen dome shaped mound which showed indications of fire. That was covered by a stone cairn, under a turf mound. The mound had been enlarged in the late 18th Century AD and there was some human skeletal material in the top layer. There were some Beaker sherds in the ditch at the south side.

Remains/Period N4

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 295

Y coordinate 123

Bibliographic source Gray 1936

Query

Site name	Combe St Nicholas 1, Combe Beacon
Site number	284
Burial codes	4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4053 4065 4075 4085 4091 4098 4143 4152 4154 4156 4184
2500bc-14/1300bc	Bell barrow containing a small central cist set below the original turf line. The cist contained charcoal only, of oak, ash and hazel. There were sherds of cinerary urn in the mound. The cist was covered by an earthen dome shaped mound which showed indications of fire. That was covered by a stone cairn, under a turf mound. The mound had been enlarged in the late 18th Century AD and there was some human skeletal material in the top layer. There were some Beaker sherds in the ditch at the south side.
Remains/Period	N4
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	295
Y coordinate	123
Bibliographic source	Gray 1936