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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Beaminster 5, Buckham Down

Site number 1559

Burial codes 3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3037 3041 3046 3051 3065 3075 3083 3092 3098 3104 3109 3128 3143 3152 3160 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bowl barrow with the primary interment not found. Beneath a circular retaining wall of flints was a subsequent primary or secondary cremation of an infant, with ashes, enclosed in a probably upright barrel shaped urn. The barrow base provided evidence for incineration on the site. A greenstone phallus was found in the excavation, precise location unknown, but presumed in the mound.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 478

Y coordinate 35

Bibliographic source Farrar 1955c, Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Beaminster 5, Buckham Down
Site number	1559
Burial codes	3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3037 3041 3046 3051 3065 3075 3083 3092 3098 3104 3109 3128 3143 3152 3160 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bowl barrow with the primary interment not found. Beneath a circular retaining wall of flints was a subsequent primary or secondary cremation of an infant, with ashes, enclosed in a probably upright barrel shaped urn. The barrow base provided evidence for incineration on the site. A greenstone phallus was found in the excavation, precise location unknown, but presumed in the mound.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	478
Y coordinate	35
Bibliographic source	Farrar 1955c, Grinsell 1959