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Site name Newton, Swansea

Site number 381

Burial codes 4001 4005 4007 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4153 4154 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A stone cairn with a ring of upright revetment blocks, a core of yellow sandy loam and a rubble casing of large water rolled pebbles. The cairn was built on the site of an abandoned circular hut 9m in diameter, whose post holes contained late Beaker sherds.

Re-excavation in 1969 found a primary burial pit 1.5m north west of the centre, boat shaped, 1.5m across x 0.6m deep. It was filled to the brim with loose stones scattered throughout with fragments of burnt human bone. There were no accompanying grave goods. There were food vessel sherds on the cairn base, and Beaker sherds in the core material in the north west area.

There were three secondary stone cists with stone slab walls, badly disturbed, and with no trace of interments (1929 report).

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, 1970a, 1982

Query

Site name	Newton, Swansea
Site number	381
Burial codes	4001 4005 4007 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4153 4154 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A stone cairn with a ring of upright revetment blocks, a core of yellow sandy loam and a rubble casing of large water rolled pebbles. The cairn was built on the site of an abandoned circular hut 9m in diameter, whose post holes contained late Beaker sherds. Re-excavation in 1969 found a primary burial pit 1.5m north west of the centre, boat shaped, 1.5m across x 0.6m deep. It was filled to the brim with loose stones scattered throughout with fragments of burnt human bone. There were no accompanying grave goods. There were food vessel sherds on the cairn base, and Beaker sherds in the core material in the north west area. There were three secondary stone cists with stone slab walls, badly disturbed, and with no trace of interments (1929 report).
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, 1970a, 1982