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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Stoford, Yeovil

Site number 859

Burial codes 4006 4009 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4042 4047 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4094 4104 4111 4125 4128 4129 4143 4156 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc 2500-1400/1300 bc: A cist cut into solid rock, 0.9m x 0.9m x 1.2m deep, with a stone slab cover, containing a skeleton placed in a sitting posture, accompanied by a Beaker and a stag horn each to one side. Nearby was a second cist also rock-cut, containing the skull of a horse, and a third containing human skeletal material.

Remains/Period Y4

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 560

Y coordinate 130

Bibliographic source Dobson 1931

Query

Site name	Stoford, Yeovil
Site number	859
Burial codes	4006 4009 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4042 4047 4051 4053 4065 4075 4084 4091 4094 4104 4111 4125 4128 4129 4143 4156 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	2500-1400/1300 bc: A cist cut into solid rock, 0.9m x 0.9m x 1.2m deep, with a stone slab cover, containing a skeleton placed in a sitting posture, accompanied by a Beaker and a stag horn each to one side. Nearby was a second cist also rock-cut, containing the skull of a horse, and a third containing human skeletal material.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	560
Y coordinate	130
Bibliographic source	Dobson 1931