Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Brockenburrow A

Site number 264

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4083 4092 4098 4104 4111 4143 4152 4154 4156 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc Round barrow of earth covering a cairn over a cist. This contained an upright urn full of bones, bone ash, charcoal and one burnt flint. The urn was of crude manufacture, with a plain rib half way up. The cist was half set into the subsoil and slightly off centre.

Remains/Period Y4

County Devon

Region SW

National grid square SS

X coordinate 667

Y coordinate 425

Bibliographic source Worth 1906

Query

Site name	Brockenburrow A
Site number	264
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4083 4092 4098 4104 4111 4143 4152 4154 4156 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	Round barrow of earth covering a cairn over a cist. This contained an upright urn full of bones, bone ash, charcoal and one burnt flint. The urn was of crude manufacture, with a plain rib half way up. The cist was half set into the subsoil and slightly off centre.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Devon
Region	SW
National grid square	SS
X coordinate	667
Y coordinate	425
Bibliographic source	Worth 1906