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Site name Charlton Horethorne 2, Sigwells II, Gristhorpe Tumulus
Site number 296
Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4071 4084 4092 4098 4101 4104 4105 4111 4123 4128 4129 4143 4151 4152 4153 4157 4181
14/1300bc-8/700bc West of the centre of the barrow was a grave 3m x 1.5m wide at the north, and 0.45m deep, oriented N/S, containing a bark coffin in 2 pieces. Upper and lower portions of the coffin had been fastened together at both sides. Inside was a secondary cremation probably of a young male, some flint flakes and a bronze dagger, but no charcoal. The place of cremation was found some distance away, the stakes thought to have supported the pyre being still in the ground. Another set of cremated bone was deposited nearby unenclosed.
Remains/Period Y4
County Somerset
Region SW
National grid square ST
X coordinate 641
Y coordinate 233
Bibliographic source Rolleston and Lane Fox 1879, Dobson 1931, Grinsell 1971


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