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Site name Pwll Swil Tumulus, Merthyr Mawr
Site number 379
Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4046 4051 4065 4071 4073 4084 4093 4098 4101 4104 4109 4110 4111 4128 4143 4152 4156 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc A mound of sand with a thick stone capping, and a kerb of slabs set on edge. 4 cists were found buttressed with piled stones. The central cist contained a crouched male on its left side, head to N, and had been erected on the old ground surface. To the north west side was a rhomboidal cist on the old surface, containing the crouched skeleton of a young male on its right side, head to S. South of the central burial was a small cist containing the skeleton of an infant, lying on its right side, head to N. Near the west side was a larger cist, possibly secondary, a rounded oblong shape, containing the crouched skeleton of a male, on its left side, head to N. No pottery or other artefacts were found.
Remains/Period Y4
County Mid Glamorgan
Region SW
National grid square SS
X coordinate 856
Y coordinate 769
Bibliographic source Hepburn 1905, Ward 1919a


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