CIST, PILES HILL
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plymplodder
N 50° 25.590 W 003° 54.509
30U E 435469 N 5586447
An ancient burial place, made from granite slabs.
Waymark Code: WM3Y9E
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/05/2008
Views: 21
These remains of a burial chamber are on the lower slopes of Piles Hill. The chamber is made up of 4 stones, there's no top stone.
Type: Dolmen
Number: 4.00
Purpose:
A burial-chamber of the Bronze age. A square or rectangular pit paved & lined with selected granite slabs & covered by a coverstone or stones. Within, usually in an urn or crude pottery, were placed the ashes of the dead.
Parking: Not Listed
Size: Not listed
Source: Not listed
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