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Berrynarbor

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery

Also known as:
  • Berry Down Barrows

Nearest Town:Ilfracombe (6km WNW)
OS Ref (GB):   SS56814379 / Sheet: 180
Latitude:51° 10' 29.39" N
Longitude:   4° 2' 55.05" W

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Barrow cemetery of about nine barrows, located on the northern edge of Exmoor. One the barrows excavated in 1883 by George Doe yielded a ribbon-handled urn of Cornish Trevisker type, inverted over a cremation burial. Now in Exeter Museum.

[info from "Southern England - An Archaeological Guide" James Dyer (1973, Faber).]

Pastscape details here.
thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
15th January 2013ce