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Site name Nicholaston, Gla 11

Site number 52

Burial codes 5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5031 5053 5065 5154 5155 5159 5184

3500bc - 2500bc Long ovate cairn oriented NE, with a core of peaty earth capped by earth and limestone fragments, defined by a single course of limestone slabs. No trace of fire within cairn, but some stones of the cairn had been subjected to heat. A single stone chamber was set on the axial line NE of the centre, measuring 0.9m x 1.1m x 0.9m internally, with a narrow entrance to the mouth but no passage. The floor was levelled and paved, with some charcoal in the cracks between the paving, and there was a rear drystone wall. No human skeletal material was discovered.

Remains/Period N5

County West Glamorgan

Region SW

National grid square SS

X coordinate 508

Y coordinate 828

Bibliographic source Williams 1940, Kinnes 1992

Query

Site name	Nicholaston, Gla 11
Site number	52
Burial codes	5005 5021 5023 5025 5028 5030 5031 5053 5065 5154 5155 5159 5184
3500bc - 2500bc	Long ovate cairn oriented NE, with a core of peaty earth capped by earth and limestone fragments, defined by a single course of limestone slabs. No trace of fire within cairn, but some stones of the cairn had been subjected to heat. A single stone chamber was set on the axial line NE of the centre, measuring 0.9m x 1.1m x 0.9m internally, with a narrow entrance to the mouth but no passage. The floor was levelled and paved, with some charcoal in the cracks between the paving, and there was a rear drystone wall. No human skeletal material was discovered.
Remains/Period	N5
County	West Glamorgan
Region	SW
National grid square	SS
X coordinate	508
Y coordinate	828
Bibliographic source	Williams 1940, Kinnes 1992