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Site name Carn Goch, Mynydd Carn-Goch

Site number 376

Burial codes 4005 4009 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4124 4125 4128 4129 4143 4151 4152 4156 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A stone covered earth mound with a stone ring eccentric to the cairn centre. The primary burial had been rifled, but there were 9 intact secondary burials. Inside the stone ring to the south was stone cist B containing human bone and ashes. Outside the ring to the south was a circular stone cist A containing charcoal and animal bones (possibly of boar). Outside the stone ring to the west was stone cist G containing human bones and a cinerary urn ornamented with cord impressions; also a cinerary urn H containing human bones and a cover stone but no cist; also a 'cist of clay', I containing a pygmy cup and a fragment of flint; and a stone cist J containing a large cinerary urn inside which was a pygmy cup. Two other cists contained charcoal, and 2 other urns were found, one in a cavity east of centre, charcoal lined and covered with a slab, another inverted on a flat stone. Urns were of Middle to Late Bronze Age.

Charred wood was found throughout the mound in large layers especially near the urns or bones.

14/1300bc-8/700bc Overlap site with 2500-14/1300.

Remains/Period Y4 Y3

County West Glamorgan

Region SW

National grid square SS

X coordinate 605

Y coordinate 981

Bibliographic source Williams 1939a

Query

Site name	Carn Goch, Mynydd Carn-Goch
Site number	376
Burial codes	4005 4009 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4124 4125 4128 4129 4143 4151 4152 4156 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A stone covered earth mound with a stone ring eccentric to the cairn centre. The primary burial had been rifled, but there were 9 intact secondary burials. Inside the stone ring to the south was stone cist B containing human bone and ashes. Outside the ring to the south was a circular stone cist A containing charcoal and animal bones (possibly of boar). Outside the stone ring to the west was stone cist G containing human bones and a cinerary urn ornamented with cord impressions; also a cinerary urn H containing human bones and a cover stone but no cist; also a 'cist of clay', I containing a pygmy cup and a fragment of flint; and a stone cist J containing a large cinerary urn inside which was a pygmy cup. Two other cists contained charcoal, and 2 other urns were found, one in a cavity east of centre, charcoal lined and covered with a slab, another inverted on a flat stone. Urns were of Middle to Late Bronze Age. Charred wood was found throughout the mound in large layers especially near the urns or bones.
14/1300bc-8/700bc	Overlap site with 2500-14/1300.
Remains/Period	Y4 Y3
County	West Glamorgan
Region	SW
National grid square	SS
X coordinate	605
Y coordinate	981
Bibliographic source	Williams 1939a