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Site name Ffostyl South, Talgarth

Site number 53

Burial codes 5005 5009 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5031 5043 5047 5051 5065 5075 5085 5093 5098 5104 5108 5109 5110 5111 5125 5127 5152 5155 5181

3500bc - 2500bc Long barrow oriented NE. In the chamber were 9 individuals, with unburnt human skeletal material in broken and disordered state. Outside and above the northern terminal slab were quantities of burnt earth and charcoal, a cremated child c6, human skeletal material of one adult, the tibia of a 7 month human foetus, unburnt bones of goat, sheep, horse, ox and dog, flints and fragments of rough pottery.

Remains/Period Y5

County Powys

Region SW

National grid square SO

X coordinate 150

Y coordinate 330

Bibliographic source Vulliamy 1921, 1922b, Anon 1921-23

Query

Site name	Ffostyl South, Talgarth
Site number	53
Burial codes	5005 5009 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5031 5043 5047 5051 5065 5075 5085 5093 5098 5104 5108 5109 5110 5111 5125 5127 5152 5155 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	Long barrow oriented NE. In the chamber were 9 individuals, with unburnt human skeletal material in broken and disordered state. Outside and above the northern terminal slab were quantities of burnt earth and charcoal, a cremated child c6, human skeletal material of one adult, the tibia of a 7 month human foetus, unburnt bones of goat, sheep, horse, ox and dog, flints and fragments of rough pottery.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Powys
Region	SW
National grid square	SO
X coordinate	150
Y coordinate	330
Bibliographic source	Vulliamy 1921, 1922b, Anon 1921-23