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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 Whitcombe 1, Culliford Tree

Site number 1582

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4102 4104 4111 4121 4123 4128 4143 4152 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with on the south west side 4 extended skeletons, one below the other at 0.5m intervals. At the neck of one, a female, were spherical (?)amber beads, and 2 cylindrical beads with gold plates on their bases. At a depth of c2m was a large (?)collared urn containing a cremation and a quite plain (?)incense cup. [Warne and Grinsell suggest that the primary burial was not found, and that the inhumations post dated the mound, but by what timespan is unclear. Warne's description suggests simple successive burials.]

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 699

Y coordinate 855

Bibliographic source Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959, 1982a, Calkin 1966

Query

Site name	Whitcombe 1, Culliford Tree
Site number	1582
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4102 4104 4111 4121 4123 4128 4143 4152 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with on the south west side 4 extended skeletons, one below the other at 0.5m intervals. At the neck of one, a female, were spherical (?)amber beads, and 2 cylindrical beads with gold plates on their bases. At a depth of c2m was a large (?)collared urn containing a cremation and a quite plain (?)incense cup. [Warne and Grinsell suggest that the primary burial was not found, and that the inhumations post dated the mound, but by what timespan is unclear. Warne's description suggests simple successive burials.]
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	699
Y coordinate	855
Bibliographic source	Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959, 1982a, Calkin 1966