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Site name Brownstone Farm, Kingswear

Site number 234

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4102 4108 4113 4124 4128 4143 4152 4154 4156 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow covering a cist west of centre, comprising 4 slabs and a coverstone all covered by a stone cairn. The cist held some calcined bones and charcoal, some pottery and a miniature polished greenstone axe, possibly votive. At the centre of the barrow was a small pit dug into the old ground surface. This contained a compact mass of cremated bone belonging to a (possibly) female child c10. This was assumed contemporary with the cist which may also have contained the cremation of a possibly female child c10. There was no barrow ditch.

Remains/Period Y4

County Devon

Region SW

National grid square SX

X coordinate 901

Y coordinate 504

Bibliographic source Rogers 1947

Query

Site name	Brownstone Farm, Kingswear
Site number	234
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4102 4108 4113 4124 4128 4143 4152 4154 4156 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A round barrow covering a cist west of centre, comprising 4 slabs and a coverstone all covered by a stone cairn. The cist held some calcined bones and charcoal, some pottery and a miniature polished greenstone axe, possibly votive. At the centre of the barrow was a small pit dug into the old ground surface. This contained a compact mass of cremated bone belonging to a (possibly) female child c10. This was assumed contemporary with the cist which may also have contained the cremation of a possibly female child c10. There was no barrow ditch.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Devon
Region	SW
National grid square	SX
X coordinate	901
Y coordinate	504
Bibliographic source	Rogers 1947