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Site name Lower Marlpits Hill, Honiton

Site number 237

Burial codes 4002 4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4153 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A pit burial containing two urns placed on charcoal and burnt material including oak, hazel, hawthorn and ash. A third urn was found nearby with cremated human skeletal material. These were possibly flat pit burials. Urns were of the Middle Bronze Age.

Remains/Period Y4

County Devon

Region SW

National grid square SY

X coordinate 171

Y coordinate 996

Bibliographic source Shaw 1936

Query

Site name	Lower Marlpits Hill, Honiton
Site number	237
Burial codes	4002 4006 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4153 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A pit burial containing two urns placed on charcoal and burnt material including oak, hazel, hawthorn and ash. A third urn was found nearby with cremated human skeletal material. These were possibly flat pit burials. Urns were of the Middle Bronze Age.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Devon
Region	SW
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	171
Y coordinate	996
Bibliographic source	Shaw 1936