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Site name Harlyn Bay Cliffs

Site number 220

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4091 4098 4104 4111 4121 4129 4143 4152 4156 4159 4161 4162 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc After a cliff fall an urn was discovered inverted upon some fine rounded pebbles (possibly a raised beach), and containing a cremation, a bronze pin, two fragments of other bronze pins, and 2 white (?)bone beads slightly broken. Close to the urn and within the surrounding slate slabs was a bushel of shells of land snails among the blown shell sand. There was a slate slab cover stone resting on and under two tons of blocks of white quartz and Cataclew rock. Over these blocks was a layer of charcoal covered by a sandy soil.

Remains/Period Y4

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SW

X coordinate 860

Y coordinate 766

Bibliographic source Bullen 1901, 1902, 1912

Query

Site name	Harlyn Bay Cliffs
Site number	220
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4091 4098 4104 4111 4121 4129 4143 4152 4156 4159 4161 4162 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	After a cliff fall an urn was discovered inverted upon some fine rounded pebbles (possibly a raised beach), and containing a cremation, a bronze pin, two fragments of other bronze pins, and 2 white (?)bone beads slightly broken. Close to the urn and within the surrounding slate slabs was a bushel of shells of land snails among the blown shell sand. There was a slate slab cover stone resting on and under two tons of blocks of white quartz and Cataclew rock. Over these blocks was a layer of charcoal covered by a sandy soil.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SW
X coordinate	860
Y coordinate	766
Bibliographic source	Bullen 1901, 1902, 1912