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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 Merrows Farm, Gerrans

Site number 1101

Burial codes 3001 3006 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3083 3091 3098 3104 3111 3112 3128 3143 3153 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A barrel-shaped urn with 4 ribbon handles and filled with calcined human bones of an adult was set upright in a pit covered by two slates. Ashes were found outside the bottom of the vessel.

Remains/Period Y3

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SW

X coordinate 880

Y coordinate 380

Bibliographic source Patchett 1944, 1950

Query

Site name	Merrows Farm, Gerrans
Site number	1101
Burial codes	3001 3006 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3083 3091 3098 3104 3111 3112 3128 3143 3153 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A barrel-shaped urn with 4 ribbon handles and filled with calcined human bones of an adult was set upright in a pit covered by two slates. Ashes were found outside the bottom of the vessel.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SW
X coordinate	880
Y coordinate	380
Bibliographic source	Patchett 1944, 1950