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Barrow / Cairn Cemetery

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5 large barrows form a well defined cemetery.
The largest barrow is at the southern end of the group is 80 feet across and 8 feet high. This has been built with chalk slabs covered with a layer of earth and capped with chalk rubble. A grave at the centre of the barrow contained a contracted skeleton with a food vessel.
fitzcoraldo Posted by fitzcoraldo
12th January 2003ce

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