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Site name Parc Le Breos Cwm, Gla 4

Site number 51

Burial codes 5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5031 5042 5046 5051 5065 5075 5093 5098 5103 5106 5107 5108 5128 5143 5154 5155 5181

3500bc - 2500bc A trapezoidal cairn oriented NNW and sited unusually on a valley bottom. The 1869 excavations found the remains of 24 skeletons and pottery fragments in a gallery grave with 2 pairs of side chambers. Bones were described as 'much broken and in no regular arrangement', but were found each set 'in a small confused mass' as if the skeleton had collapsed from a sitting position. The central gallery held 10 bodies, chamber A 3-4, chamber B 2, chamber C 2 and chamber D 4. Of the total 3 were children c8-10, 2 old people and the rest male and female adults c25-45. There were 2 potsherds of Neolithic A (Abingdon or Windmill Hill) ware and no evidence of later use.

Remains/Period Y5

County West Glamorgan

Region SW

National grid square SS

X coordinate 537

Y coordinate 898

Bibliographic source Vivian 1887, Daniel 1937a, Hughes 1937, RCHM 1976, Lynch 1976

Query

Site name	Parc Le Breos Cwm, Gla 4
Site number	51
Burial codes	5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5031 5042 5046 5051 5065 5075 5093 5098 5103 5106 5107 5108 5128 5143 5154 5155 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	A trapezoidal cairn oriented NNW and sited unusually on a valley bottom. The 1869 excavations found the remains of 24 skeletons and pottery fragments in a gallery grave with 2 pairs of side chambers. Bones were described as 'much broken and in no regular arrangement', but were found each set 'in a small confused mass' as if the skeleton had collapsed from a sitting position. The central gallery held 10 bodies, chamber A 3-4, chamber B 2, chamber C 2 and chamber D 4. Of the total 3 were children c8-10, 2 old people and the rest male and female adults c25-45. There were 2 potsherds of Neolithic A (Abingdon or Windmill Hill) ware and no evidence of later use.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	West Glamorgan
Region	SW
National grid square	SS
X coordinate	537
Y coordinate	898
Bibliographic source	Vivian 1887, Daniel 1937a, Hughes 1937, RCHM 1976, Lynch 1976