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Site name | Cheddar 1, Tynings Farm (W), T13 |
Site number | 299 |
Burial codes | 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4045 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4128 4129 4143 4152 4154 4156 4159 4181 |
2500bc-14/1300bc | A bowl type cairn tumulus with a single causewayed ditch. The cairn was bounded by recumbent limestone blocks with a funnel entrance opposite the causeway. The primary burial was in a cist 1.2m x 0.8m x 0.33m deep, oriented W/E, with rough stone walls and a paved floor, which contained stones, earth and a few fragments of burnt bone. This was either a cremation in situ, or more likely the cremation deposit was placed within while still hot, as the cist wall showed signs of burning. Below the cist floor was a layer of black earth and burnt bone resting on the original subsoil. No pottery or metalwork was found in the cist. A second cist sunk into the ground contained unburnt human bones and a vessel like a Bi Beaker. There was calcined bone on the ground surface. |
Remains/Period | Y4 |
County | Somerset |
Region | SW |
National grid square | ST |
X coordinate | 468 |
Y coordinate | 564 |
Bibliographic source | Read 1924, Taylor 1951b, Grinsell 1971 |
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