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Site name Burrington 3, Blackdown (N)

Site number 293

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4124 4125 4143 4152 4153 4156 4159 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc Barrow topped with red sandstone fragments and humus, over yellowish almost stone free soil. 1.8m south of the centre under a mound of stones was a cist 0.6m x 0.5m. There was no south wall to the cist which had a floor of crazy paving. There was a small amount of calcined human bone in the earthen fill of the cist, accompanied by a piece of a polished flint implement. Beneath the paved floor were unburnt (?)pig bones. Just west of the centre was an EW trench under a large horizontal stone, filled by a black layer of charcoal and flints (including implements), and some calcined possibly human bone .

Remains/Period Y4

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 475

Y coordinate 584

Bibliographic source Read 1923, Grinsell 1971

Query

Site name	Burrington 3, Blackdown (N)
Site number	293
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4124 4125 4143 4152 4153 4156 4159 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	Barrow topped with red sandstone fragments and humus, over yellowish almost stone free soil. 1.8m south of the centre under a mound of stones was a cist 0.6m x 0.5m. There was no south wall to the cist which had a floor of crazy paving. There was a small amount of calcined human bone in the earthen fill of the cist, accompanied by a piece of a polished flint implement. Beneath the paved floor were unburnt (?)pig bones. Just west of the centre was an EW trench under a large horizontal stone, filled by a black layer of charcoal and flints (including implements), and some calcined possibly human bone .
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	475
Y coordinate	584
Bibliographic source	Read 1923, Grinsell 1971