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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Torbay I, Broadsands

Site number 8

Burial codes 5002 5005 5022 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5085 5094 5101 5104 5105 5107 5109 5110 5111 5128 5143 5151 5154 5155 5181 4001 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4032 4042 4044 4046 4051 4065 4075 4085 4098 4101 4105 4112 4124 4143 4154 4155 4159 4181

3500bc - 2500bc A probable circular cairn containing a polygonal chamber of limestone slabs with an entrance passage from the ESE with a concave forecourt. Some disturbance by recent digging but four groups of human skeletal material were found in stratified deposits. There were at least 3 adults (a male c40 or more, and a young adult male at least could be identified) and one infant in the first (Neolithic) deposits: these were subsequently cleared for the laying of paving. Broken pottery of Western Neolithic with these primary level deposits. Burning on the original soil surface originated from small fires.

2500bc-14/1300bc The primary (Neolithic) inhumations had been cleared and fires lit on the chamber floor, then the floor was paved with irregular slabs. On the paving was the flexed burial of an adult male less than c20, laid on left side, placed in position after decay of flesh, with a Peterborough style potsherd and a sherd probably of Bell Beaker.

Remains/Period Y5 Y4

County Devon

Region SW

National grid square SX

X coordinate 893

Y coordinate 573

Bibliographic source Radford 1958, Grinsell 1983

Query

Site name	Torbay I, Broadsands
Site number	8
Burial codes	5002 5005 5022 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5085 5094 5101 5104 5105 5107 5109 5110 5111 5128 5143 5151 5154 5155 5181 4001 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4032 4042 4044 4046 4051 4065 4075 4085 4098 4101 4105 4112 4124 4143 4154 4155 4159 4181
3500bc - 2500bc	A probable circular cairn containing a polygonal chamber of limestone slabs with an entrance passage from the ESE with a concave forecourt. Some disturbance by recent digging but four groups of human skeletal material were found in stratified deposits. There were at least 3 adults (a male c40 or more, and a young adult male at least could be identified) and one infant in the first (Neolithic) deposits: these were subsequently cleared for the laying of paving. Broken pottery of Western Neolithic with these primary level deposits. Burning on the original soil surface originated from small fires.
2500bc-14/1300bc	The primary (Neolithic) inhumations had been cleared and fires lit on the chamber floor, then the floor was paved with irregular slabs. On the paving was the flexed burial of an adult male less than c20, laid on left side, placed in position after decay of flesh, with a Peterborough style potsherd and a sherd probably of Bell Beaker.
Remains/Period	Y5 Y4
County	Devon
Region	SW
National grid square	SX
X coordinate	893
Y coordinate	573
Bibliographic source	Radford 1958, Grinsell 1983