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Site name Pipton, Bre 8

Site number 43

Burial codes 5005 5009 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5031 5042 5044 5045 5052 5053 5063 5075 5084 5093 5094 5096 5104 5111 5127 5129 5143 5154 5155 5159 5181

3500bc - 2500bc A trapezoidal long cairn oriented NNE with dummy portal. No sign of burning, bones or pottery was in the forecourt. A scatter of human skeletal material was under tilted slabs in the entrance passage and in the south compartment of Chamber I, sealed with red earth. These represented the remains of perhaps 4 individuals in groups. Chamber II was paved and contained 7 individuals in 7 piles, brought in from interment elsewhere. There were no articulated limbs, and no pottery. Some human bone fragments were found under a slab. In the south transecting gallery was a deposit of bones, hazlenuts, and a flint flake under a slab.

Remains/Period Y5

County Powys

Region SW

National grid square SO

X coordinate 161

Y coordinate 373

Bibliographic source Savory 1956

Query

Site name	Pipton, Bre 8
Site number	43
Burial codes	5005 5009 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5031 5042 5044 5045 5052 5053 5063 5075 5084 5093 5094 5096 5104 5111 5127 5129 5143 5154 5155 5159 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	A trapezoidal long cairn oriented NNE with dummy portal. No sign of burning, bones or pottery was in the forecourt. A scatter of human skeletal material was under tilted slabs in the entrance passage and in the south compartment of Chamber I, sealed with red earth. These represented the remains of perhaps 4 individuals in groups. Chamber II was paved and contained 7 individuals in 7 piles, brought in from interment elsewhere. There were no articulated limbs, and no pottery. Some human bone fragments were found under a slab. In the south transecting gallery was a deposit of bones, hazlenuts, and a flint flake under a slab.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Powys
Region	SW
National grid square	SO
X coordinate	161
Y coordinate	373
Bibliographic source	Savory 1956