NGR: SS 5553 8688
NPRN: 305580
SMR: -
CCR: 1125
Excavation: : E.R. Wood, 1850s; T.N. George, 1931; M.C. Morgan, 1939-40; J.G. Rutter & E. Mason, 1946-59; A.J. Sutcliffe, 1973-84.
Curation: : Swansea and National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
Burials: MNI: 1+.
Finds: Romano-British and Dark Age artefacts, Pleistocene fauna, animal bones.
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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