NGR: NY 9876 4118 (quarried away)
NMR: NY 94 SE 3
SMR: D42
SAM: -
Excavation: ?, 1843; J. Elliott, 1859-72.
Curation: British Museum, London; Natural History Museum, London; Yorkshire Museum, York.
Burials: MNI: 3+
Finds: Bronze Age pottery; bronze, bone, horn, lignite, shell, tooth and amber artefacts; flint flakes; barbed and tanged arrowhead; animal bones.
Date: Late Bronze Age (2)
14C: -
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