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Site name Whitestaunton 2, Northay B

Site number 311

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4093 4098 4104 4111 4122 4123 4129 4143 4152 4153 4160 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc Round barrow with possible primary interment, in a cavity below the original land surface, of unburnt bones, and nearby a chert spearhead and flint scraper. Over this the whole floor of the tumulus was covered with a thick deposit of wood ashes and charcoal. The rock base below and the flints heaped above were all calcined and discoloured as if by fierce burning. Higher up, on the south side, a large barrel-shaped urn was inverted on a tile of lighter clay containing burnt bones and ashes, and an accessory vessel. Just below the barrow surface, and 0.3m higher was a bronze or copper knife-dagger on top of potsherds.

Remains/Period Y4

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 281

Y coordinate 115

Bibliographic source Elton 1882, Grinsell 1969

Query

Site name	Whitestaunton 2, Northay B
Site number	311
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4093 4098 4104 4111 4122 4123 4129 4143 4152 4153 4160 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	Round barrow with possible primary interment, in a cavity below the original land surface, of unburnt bones, and nearby a chert spearhead and flint scraper. Over this the whole floor of the tumulus was covered with a thick deposit of wood ashes and charcoal. The rock base below and the flints heaped above were all calcined and discoloured as if by fierce burning. Higher up, on the south side, a large barrel-shaped urn was inverted on a tile of lighter clay containing burnt bones and ashes, and an accessory vessel. Just below the barrow surface, and 0.3m higher was a bronze or copper knife-dagger on top of potsherds.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	281
Y coordinate	115
Bibliographic source	Elton 1882, Grinsell 1969