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Site name Oare 7a, Culbone Hill

Site number 285

Burial codes 4001 4006 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4051 4065 4075 4083 4091 4097 4101 4111 4112 4129 4143 4156 4159 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A slate cist 1.05m x 0.6m x 0.45m high oriented NS, floored with several thin slate slabs and roofed with 2 large slabs. There was an brachycephalic adult male crouched interment laid in its right side, head to NE, very crammed in. Near the head was an upright Bi Beaker.

Remains/Period Y4

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square SS

X coordinate 815

Y coordinate 478

Bibliographic source Elworthy 1896, Dobson 1931, Grinsell 1969

Query

Site name	Oare 7a, Culbone Hill
Site number	285
Burial codes	4001 4006 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4051 4065 4075 4083 4091 4097 4101 4111 4112 4129 4143 4156 4159 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A slate cist 1.05m x 0.6m x 0.45m high oriented NS, floored with several thin slate slabs and roofed with 2 large slabs. There was an brachycephalic adult male crouched interment laid in its right side, head to NE, very crammed in. Near the head was an upright Bi Beaker.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	SS
X coordinate	815
Y coordinate	478
Bibliographic source	Elworthy 1896, Dobson 1931, Grinsell 1969