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Site name | Folkestone 1, Cherry Gardens Hill Tumulus, Shepway |
Site number | 887 |
Burial codes | 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4053 4065 4071 4074 4084 4092 4098 4101 4106 4112 4124 4128 4151 4152 4181 |
2500bc-14/1300bc | A bowl barrow containing almost in the centre a primary crouched burial of an adult, probably male c25-35, with dolichocephalic skull, placed head to W, on the right side, accompanied by a piece of ironstone at the feet. The skeleton was surrounded by a blackish layer without evidence of fire. To the north east a secondary inhumation was placed NW, inserted into the mound. |
Remains/Period | Y4 |
County | Kent |
Region | SE |
National grid square | TR |
X coordinate | 208 |
Y coordinate | 380 |
Bibliographic source | Stebbing 1943, Grinsell 1992 |
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