NGR: SH 77981 82821
NPRN: 300812
SMR: 5029
SAM: Cn 191
CCR: 2014-17
Excavation: M. Davies, 1977-79.
Curation: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Burials: MNI: : 1 (Adult).
Finds: Peterborough Ware and Beaker pottery, flint blades, flakes and knife, antler and bone points, hammer stone, Romano-British pottery, marine shells, animal bones.
Date: Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (4)
14C: 9945 bp (OxA-5862) on worked badger tooth.
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