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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 Chelm's Combe

Site number 10

Burial codes 5002 5004 5006 5008 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5042 5047 5051 5065 5075 5085 5098 5103 5107 5108 5109 5110 5128 5143 5151 5181

3500bc - 2500bc Rock tomb below cave or rock shelter. Layer 4 of the rock shelter itself contained two round bottomed Neolithic bowls of the Windmill Hill type, an adult male skull c40 and the remains of a child c13. In the rock tomb rather below the rock shelter and measuring c0.9m square, was human skeletal material of 1 male, 1 child c6-7, 1 female, 1 child c9 and a foetus.

Remains/Period Y5

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 465

Y coordinate 543

Bibliographic source Balch 1926, Dobson 1931, Kinnes 1979

Query

Site name	Chelm's Combe
Site number	10
Burial codes	5002 5004 5006 5008 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5042 5047 5051 5065 5075 5085 5098 5103 5107 5108 5109 5110 5128 5143 5151 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	Rock tomb below cave or rock shelter. Layer 4 of the rock shelter itself contained two round bottomed Neolithic bowls of the Windmill Hill type, an adult male skull c40 and the remains of a child c13. In the rock tomb rather below the rock shelter and measuring c0.9m square, was human skeletal material of 1 male, 1 child c6-7, 1 female, 1 child c9 and a foetus.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	465
Y coordinate	543
Bibliographic source	Balch 1926, Dobson 1931, Kinnes 1979