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Site name Gwernvale, Bre 7

Site number 44

Burial codes 5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5085 5091 5096 5104 5111 5128 5143 5154 5155 5181 5200

3500bc - 2500bc A long cairn oriented SE, with scanty human skeletal material. In chamber 1 was human skeletal material of 2 individuals. In chamber 2 was human skeletal material of one person. Chambers 3 and 4 contained no human skeletal material. Abingdon ware was found. There were fragments of a human skull from one of the timber bedding trenches overlain by the northern horn of the cairn.

RC: charcoal in Neolithic pit CAR-113 3100 +/- 75, charcoal in pits on south side of cairn CAR-116 2640 +/- 75, and CAR-114 2440 +/- 70 [both contemporary with use of vessels]

Remains/Period Y5

County Powys

Region SW

National grid square SO

X coordinate 210

Y coordinate 191

Bibliographic source Britnell 1979, 1980, 1984

Query

Site name	Gwernvale, Bre 7
Site number	44
Burial codes	5002 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5032 5042 5048 5051 5065 5075 5085 5091 5096 5104 5111 5128 5143 5154 5155 5181 5200
3500bc - 2500bc	A long cairn oriented SE, with scanty human skeletal material. In chamber 1 was human skeletal material of 2 individuals. In chamber 2 was human skeletal material of one person. Chambers 3 and 4 contained no human skeletal material. Abingdon ware was found. There were fragments of a human skull from one of the timber bedding trenches overlain by the northern horn of the cairn. RC: charcoal in Neolithic pit CAR-113 3100 +/- 75, charcoal in pits on south side of cairn CAR-116 2640 +/- 75, and CAR-114 2440 +/- 70 [both contemporary with use of vessels]
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Powys
Region	SW
National grid square	SO
X coordinate	210
Y coordinate	191
Bibliographic source	Britnell 1979, 1980, 1984