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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 West Lanyon Quoit, Lower Lanyon Quoit, Madron

Site number 172

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4155 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A barrow destroyed in the 18th century, covering a megalithic chamber. In this was a broken urn with many ashes, and lower down human skeletal material lying in a disordered state.

Remains/Period Y4

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SW

X coordinate 423

Y coordinate 338

Bibliographic source Hencken 1932

Query

Site name	West Lanyon Quoit, Lower Lanyon Quoit, Madron
Site number	172
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4155 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A barrow destroyed in the 18th century, covering a megalithic chamber. In this was a broken urn with many ashes, and lower down human skeletal material lying in a disordered state.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SW
X coordinate	423
Y coordinate	338
Bibliographic source	Hencken 1932