Lynch, F. M. (1972). Report on the re-excavation of two Bronze Age cairns in Anglesey: Bedd Branwen and Treiorwerth. ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association VOLUME 120 (1971). Vol 120, pp. 11-83.
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Report on the re-excavation of two Bronze Age cairns in Anglesey: Bedd Branwen and Treiorwerth | ||||||||||||||||||
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ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association VOLUME 120 (1971) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Archaeologia Cambrensis | ||||||||||||||||||
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120 | ||||||||||||||||||
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11 - 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
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SH 361849; 354804. Both sites were cemetery mounds, built for multiple simultaneous burials. The cairn at Treiorwerth was a composite structure of glacial boulders capped by a thick layer of clay. The insertion into the top of the mound of three inhumations in long cists may account for some of the extensive disturbance noted. The principal finds were a primary series Collared Urn, a Cordoned Urn, and an Enlarged Food Vessel with a pair of ear bones from a six-year-old child. Other finds included more sherds and a biconical jet bead with grooved decoration. The close similarity in burial ritual between this site and Bedd Branwen (see 69/344) is emphasised by the jet beads and infant ear bones at both sites. The cairns appear to be burial places of large family groups; that using Bedd Branwen was probably the richer, fully able to import some items. A date of about 1400 BC seems appropriate for both sites. Appendices list cemetery mounds, cairn rings beneath barrows, accessory vessels accompanying urned cremations in Wales, urns with "Anglesey Neck", and small bone pommels. Specialists report on the bones and pollen. D V C | ||||||||||||||||||
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1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
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05 Dec 2008 |
