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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 West Crewkerne 1, Shave Hill

Site number 272

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4098 4111 4121 4123 4143 4152 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc Inhumation burial under a large mound on the lip of a hill. The burial was accompanied by a Wessex I type grooved dagger with 6 rivet holes bent at deposition, and a triple ring headed pin, both of Early Bronze Age date. The excavation was not scientific, but the finds, associations, and location are of interest.

Remains/Period Y4

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 436

Y coordinate 78

Bibliographic source Langmaid 1973, Grinsell 1987a

Query

Site name	West Crewkerne 1, Shave Hill
Site number	272
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4098 4111 4121 4123 4143 4152 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	Inhumation burial under a large mound on the lip of a hill. The burial was accompanied by a Wessex I type grooved dagger with 6 rivet holes bent at deposition, and a triple ring headed pin, both of Early Bronze Age date. The excavation was not scientific, but the finds, associations, and location are of interest.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	436
Y coordinate	78
Bibliographic source	Langmaid 1973, Grinsell 1987a