To the south are a stone circle, a cairn, two standing stones, and a large burial cist. |
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Excavations revealed a sarsen stone cist containing a cremation burial accompanied by a bronze awl and a jet pendant. |
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They were located at one end of a stone burial cist, which was covered with a cairn. |
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The cremation graves at Vronda all have multiple burials within the same cist grave. |
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Excavated in 1911, the primary burial dates to about 2500 BC and comprised a crouched inhumation in a cist accompanied by a beaker, bone pin, and flint tools. |
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After earlier survey and excavation, the cist was relocated this summer. |
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A small cist in the first phase of construction yielded evidence of burnt human bone, confirming its use as a burial site. |
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In August 2011 an untouched cist, on Whitehorse Hill, near Chagford, was the first to be excavated on the moor for over 100 years. |
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The second phase of construction consisted of a raising in height of the cairn and contained a large cist considered as Early Bronze Age, however, no human remains were found. |
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