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Site name | Gwernvale, Bre 7 |
Site number | 44 |
Burial codes | 5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5085 5091 5096 5104 5111 5128 5143 5154 5155 5181 5200 |
3500bc - 2500bc | A long cairn oriented SE, with scanty human skeletal material. In chamber 1 was human skeletal material of 2 individuals. In chamber 2 was human skeletal material of one person. Chambers 3 and 4 contained no human skeletal material. Abingdon ware was found. There were fragments of a human skull from one of the timber bedding trenches overlain by the northern horn of the cairn. RC: charcoal in Neolithic pit CAR-113 3100 +/- 75, charcoal in pits on south side of cairn CAR-116 2640 +/- 75, and CAR-114 2440 +/- 70 [both contemporary with use of vessels] |
Remains/Period | Y5 |
County | Powys |
Region | SW |
National grid square | SO |
X coordinate | 210 |
Y coordinate | 191 |
Bibliographic source | Britnell 1979, 1980, 1984 |
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