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Chambered tombs

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Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites in Southeast Wales

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Heston Brake tomb, Portskewett

An Archaeologist excavating the town ditch at Wind Street, Swansea

Heston Brake tomb, near Portskewett, was excavated in 1888. It had two connected chambers. The west chamber, which is horseshoe-shaped contained part of a human skull and other fragments of bone. Human teeth and finger bones, bones of an ox, and two smooth round stones were discovered in the east chamber. Now only three stones remain.

An Archaeologist excavating the town ditch at Wind Street, Swansea

The second picture shoes the remains of the horseshoe-shaped west chamber.

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