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Site name Evercreech 13b, Small Down Camp

Site number 312

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4108 4113 4128 4143 4151 4152 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A barrow (one of a number within a Bronze Age ditched enclosure) with a primary cremation set on the surface of undisturbed sand, of a young person, without an urn. The mound itself produced 14 coarse sherds of Bronze Age type, 81 flint flakes, 3 cores, 4 flint knives, and 2 flint saws mixed in fine sandy soil. Some of the flints were burnt. [Gray IV].

Remains/Period Y4

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 640

Y coordinate 380

Bibliographic source Gray 1904, Grinsell 1971

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Site name	Evercreech 13b, Small Down Camp
Site number	312
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4108 4113 4128 4143 4151 4152 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A barrow (one of a number within a Bronze Age ditched enclosure) with a primary cremation set on the surface of undisturbed sand, of a young person, without an urn. The mound itself produced 14 coarse sherds of Bronze Age type, 81 flint flakes, 3 cores, 4 flint knives, and 2 flint saws mixed in fine sandy soil. Some of the flints were burnt. [Gray IV].
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	640
Y coordinate	380
Bibliographic source	Gray 1904, Grinsell 1971