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Site name Candleston Castle, Merthyr Mawr

Site number 380

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4031 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4083 4094 4096 4104 4111 4123 4126 4129 4143 4154 4156 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A cist constructed on the natural surface and probably once covered by a stone cairn. It was c1.8m x 0.9m, oriented N/S, paved with four stone slabs, with eight wall slabs and two buttressing slabs. One narrow and 2 large cover slabs were set on the walls. Loose stone covered the cist, and over the top 0.2m layer was set a single large slab covering the length. In the north sector of the cist a food vessel was set upright on a shelf. Small pieces of burnt bone of an adult, stone and charcoal were found on the floor. On the floor close to the west side in the southern half was a bronze dagger-knife. In the south west corner was a heap of snail shells of the edible helix nemoralis.

Remains/Period Y4

County Mid Glamorgan

Region SW

National grid square SS

X coordinate 867

Y coordinate 773

Bibliographic source Evanson 1908b, Ward 1919a

Query

Site name	Candleston Castle, Merthyr Mawr
Site number	380
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4031 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4083 4094 4096 4104 4111 4123 4126 4129 4143 4154 4156 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A cist constructed on the natural surface and probably once covered by a stone cairn. It was c1.8m x 0.9m, oriented N/S, paved with four stone slabs, with eight wall slabs and two buttressing slabs. One narrow and 2 large cover slabs were set on the walls. Loose stone covered the cist, and over the top 0.2m layer was set a single large slab covering the length. In the north sector of the cist a food vessel was set upright on a shelf. Small pieces of burnt bone of an adult, stone and charcoal were found on the floor. On the floor close to the west side in the southern half was a bronze dagger-knife. In the south west corner was a heap of snail shells of the edible helix nemoralis.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Mid Glamorgan
Region	SW
National grid square	SS
X coordinate	867
Y coordinate	773
Bibliographic source	Evanson 1908b, Ward 1919a