NGR: SJ 1884 5355
NPRN: 306848
SMR: 100940, 101774-6
SAM: De 119
CCR: 915
Excavation: W.B. Dawkins, 1869-72.
Curation: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (29.607).
Burials: MNI: 5+
Finds: Neolithic pottery, polished Graig Llwyd axe, flint flakes, animal bones.
Date: Neolithic and Bronze Age (1).
14C: 4354 bp (OxA-17562), 3141 bp (OxA-17563) on human bone.
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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (1914) An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire. IV. County of Denbigh. HMSO, Cardiff.
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