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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 Tarrant Keynston 1c

Site number 1586

Burial codes 3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3081 3083 3091 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3156 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bowl barrow consisting of a cairn of uniform sized flints covering 3 plain and 3 urn cremations all in chalk pits. The 2 bucket urns in size formed a pair, one being elaborately decorated, the other with a simple double encircling band. They were covered with flat stones and were placed upright in pits in close contiguity, the thin wall of separation being perforated by a circular opening 7.5cm in diameter. The third urn was set inverted in a cist, and filled and surrounded by burnt bones and ashes.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 915

Y coordinate 57

Bibliographic source Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959, Calkin 1966

Query

Site name	Tarrant Keynston 1c
Site number	1586
Burial codes	3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3081 3083 3091 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3156 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bowl barrow consisting of a cairn of uniform sized flints covering 3 plain and 3 urn cremations all in chalk pits. The 2 bucket urns in size formed a pair, one being elaborately decorated, the other with a simple double encircling band. They were covered with flat stones and were placed upright in pits in close contiguity, the thin wall of separation being perforated by a circular opening 7.5cm in diameter. The third urn was set inverted in a cist, and filled and surrounded by burnt bones and ashes.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	915
Y coordinate	57
Bibliographic source	Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959, Calkin 1966