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Site name Shaugh Moor, Cairn 71

Site number 256

Burial codes 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4051 4053 4154 4184 4200

2500bc-14/1300bc South east of cairn 126 was a large earth-fast boulder once part of a small cairn. Part of the stone kerb and the turf centre survived, and a pit with some potsherds was recorded at the centre. There was a scatter of charcoal at the centre of the mound. No burnt human skeletal material was found although the soil permitted survival.

RC: HAR-2213 1480 +/- 80

Remains/Period N4

County Devon

Region SW

National grid square SX

X coordinate 553

Y coordinate 635

Bibliographic source Smith and Wainwright 1978, Wainwright, Smith et al 1979

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Site name	Shaugh Moor, Cairn 71
Site number	256
Burial codes	4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4051 4053 4154 4184 4200
2500bc-14/1300bc	South east of cairn 126 was a large earth-fast boulder once part of a small cairn. Part of the stone kerb and the turf centre survived, and a pit with some potsherds was recorded at the centre. There was a scatter of charcoal at the centre of the mound. No burnt human skeletal material was found although the soil permitted survival. RC: HAR-2213 1480 +/- 80
Remains/Period	N4
County	Devon
Region	SW
National grid square	SX
X coordinate	553
Y coordinate	635
Bibliographic source	Smith and Wainwright 1978, Wainwright, Smith et al 1979