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Site name Charlcombe 2, Lansdown, Race Field

Site number 276

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4085 4091 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A disturbed round barrow with encircling ditch, the mound much reduced. A near central deposit of burnt bones had been placed in a bowl shaped depression formed of stones. Nearby were flints and a few pieces of pottery. At 2.3m to the south of centre were some burnt bones in a heap, and pottery, but nearby were signs of more recent disturbance (bronze articles of the 15th Century were recovered). There were other scatters of burnt bone.

Remains/Period Y4

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 715

Y coordinate 687

Bibliographic source Bush 1911, 1913, Grinsell 1971

Query

Site name	Charlcombe 2, Lansdown, Race Field
Site number	276
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4085 4091 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A disturbed round barrow with encircling ditch, the mound much reduced. A near central deposit of burnt bones had been placed in a bowl shaped depression formed of stones. Nearby were flints and a few pieces of pottery. At 2.3m to the south of centre were some burnt bones in a heap, and pottery, but nearby were signs of more recent disturbance (bronze articles of the 15th Century were recovered). There were other scatters of burnt bone.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	715
Y coordinate	687
Bibliographic source	Bush 1911, 1913, Grinsell 1971