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Site name | Pen-y-Wyrlod II, Bre 14 |
Site number | 45 |
Burial codes | 5005 5009 5021 5024 5025 5027 5030 5032 5043 5044 5045 5048 5051 5053 5065 5075 5093 5098 5104 5111 5122 5143 5154 5155 5156 5181 |
3500bc - 2500bc | A long cairn oriented SE. Chamber north east I contained a few scraps of human skeletal material. Chamber north east II contained six fragmented disarticulated skeletons, some burnt, and part of a flint arrow head. Chamber north east III contained seven individuals' disarticulated remains, and parts of two human skeletons from the chamber entrance blocking. An Abingdon style rim was found in this Chamber. There was a flint knife in the entrance. The forecourt and portal produced small skull fragments and fragments of adult bones, some burnt, in a small cist in the revetment wall. |
Remains/Period | Y5 |
County | Powys |
Region | SW |
National grid square | SO |
X coordinate | 151 |
Y coordinate | 316 |
Bibliographic source | Savory 1980, 1984 |
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