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Site name Davidstow Moor, Site V(2)

Site number 201

Burial codes 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4053 4065 4141 4152 4154 4184 4200

2500bc-14/1300bc A platform mound of turf and clay, no human skeletal material or trace of burial, and one trace of fire in association with a small cairn of quartz (F1), concealed in the mound. On the east kerb was a small quartz cairn in a bed of charcoal (F2) which produced the carbonised remains of a wooden frame, and further out was a post hole (F3) in which the object had stood. The miniature collared urn was found in a pit to the east with charcoal associated and some evidence of organic (adipocere) content. Holed stones and worked flints were also found.

RC: from charcoal in F2 HAR-6635 1630 +/- 70

Remains/Period N4

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SX

X coordinate 148

Y coordinate 884

Bibliographic source Christie 1988

Query

Site name	Davidstow Moor, Site V(2)
Site number	201
Burial codes	4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4053 4065 4141 4152 4154 4184 4200
2500bc-14/1300bc	A platform mound of turf and clay, no human skeletal material or trace of burial, and one trace of fire in association with a small cairn of quartz (F1), concealed in the mound. On the east kerb was a small quartz cairn in a bed of charcoal (F2) which produced the carbonised remains of a wooden frame, and further out was a post hole (F3) in which the object had stood. The miniature collared urn was found in a pit to the east with charcoal associated and some evidence of organic (adipocere) content. Holed stones and worked flints were also found. RC: from charcoal in F2 HAR-6635 1630 +/- 70
Remains/Period	N4
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SX
X coordinate	148
Y coordinate	884
Bibliographic source	Christie 1988