NGR: SJ 0203 7051
NPRN: 94801
SMR: 19306, 102135, 102136
CCR: 894
Excavation: J. Trimmer & E. Stanley, 1830-32; T.J. Moore et al., 1866; W.B. Dawkins, 1872; H.S. Green, 1982-84.
Curation: Chester Museum; Liverpool Museum; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (66.88/4-7, 68.88, 83.108H, 92.224H); Manchester Museum.
Burials: MNI: 2 (adult)
Finds: Pottery, flint flakes, worked antler, animal bones.
Date: Bronze Age and Early Medieval (1)
14C: 2835bp (OxA-6233). 1445bp (OxA-6234) on human bone
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