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Site name Colts Hill, Oystermouth Castle

Site number 375

Burial codes 4001 4005 4007 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4156 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow, comprising a core of sandy loam covered with beach pebbles and stones. The primary burial pit was 1.5m north of the centre and filled with loose stones mixed with fragments of burnt human bone including a cranium. 1.2m north of the pit were found the crushed fragments of a food vessel. Scattered crumbs of Beaker pottery in the core of the mound suggested settlement earlier. A ring of post holes under the north east quadrant of the cairn indicated a circular hut 9m in diameter, containing a hearth. This and the post holes provided sherds of a late variety of Beaker.

There were probable secondary burials comprising 3 cists above the soft core of the mound, but the contents had been removed and there had been much other disturbance. The lower levels of the cairn had not been so disturbed.

Remains/Period Y4

County West Glamorgan

Region SW

National grid square SS

X coordinate 606

Y coordinate 887

Bibliographic source Lloyd Jones 1929, Savory 1969

Query

Site name	Colts Hill, Oystermouth Castle
Site number	375
Burial codes	4001 4005 4007 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4156 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A round barrow, comprising a core of sandy loam covered with beach pebbles and stones. The primary burial pit was 1.5m north of the centre and filled with loose stones mixed with fragments of burnt human bone including a cranium. 1.2m north of the pit were found the crushed fragments of a food vessel. Scattered crumbs of Beaker pottery in the core of the mound suggested settlement earlier. A ring of post holes under the north east quadrant of the cairn indicated a circular hut 9m in diameter, containing a hearth. This and the post holes provided sherds of a late variety of Beaker. There were probable secondary burials comprising 3 cists above the soft core of the mound, but the contents had been removed and there had been much other disturbance. The lower levels of the cairn had not been so disturbed.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	West Glamorgan
Region	SW
National grid square	SS
X coordinate	606
Y coordinate	887
Bibliographic source	Lloyd Jones 1929, Savory 1969