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Site name Shipham 4, Rowberrow Warren

Site number 294

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4124 4125 4143 4152 4156 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A central mound surrounded by a circular mound. Red sandstone and limestone pieces covered the central mound. A near central cist of a rough kind with no capstones contained a large collapsed urn of coarse material (Abercromby food vessel Type 5). Near the south side of this was a pygmy vessel. There was a small amount of calcined bone, one small flint chip and rough chert pieces in the cist. Among the calcined bone fragments was a horse tooth.

Remains/Period Y4

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 466

Y coordinate 584

Bibliographic source Read 1923

Query

Site name	Shipham 4, Rowberrow Warren
Site number	294
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4124 4125 4143 4152 4156 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A central mound surrounded by a circular mound. Red sandstone and limestone pieces covered the central mound. A near central cist of a rough kind with no capstones contained a large collapsed urn of coarse material (Abercromby food vessel Type 5). Near the south side of this was a pygmy vessel. There was a small amount of calcined bone, one small flint chip and rough chert pieces in the cist. Among the calcined bone fragments was a horse tooth.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	466
Y coordinate	584
Bibliographic source	Read 1923