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Site name D17, North Hill, Samson

Site number 159

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4101 4107 4112 4128 4143 4154 4156 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A rectangular tongued and grooved cist beneath a cairn contained a cremation. The bones were partly burned and belonged to an adult male c50. There was stone paved floor, and clay mortar luted the joints and the coverstone. It was a possible imitation of a wooden coffin, and possibly Early Bonze Age.

Remains/Period Y4

County Scilly

Region SW

National grid square SV

X coordinate 877

Y coordinate 130

Bibliographic source Crawford 1928, Piggott 1941, Ashbee 1974

Query

Site name	D17, North Hill, Samson
Site number	159
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4101 4107 4112 4128 4143 4154 4156 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A rectangular tongued and grooved cist beneath a cairn contained a cremation. The bones were partly burned and belonged to an adult male c50. There was stone paved floor, and clay mortar luted the joints and the coverstone. It was a possible imitation of a wooden coffin, and possibly Early Bonze Age.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Scilly
Region	SW
National grid square	SV
X coordinate	877
Y coordinate	130
Bibliographic source	Crawford 1928, Piggott 1941, Ashbee 1974