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Site name Edmondsham 2

Site number 687

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4101 4106 4122 4123 4129 4143 4152 4153 4160 4181 4200

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow comprising a turf core and a chalk capping over the remains of a funeral pyre and an off-centre single cremated interment of a male c27 on the old land surface. A few sherds were found in the mound (2 of Beaker, one of these from below the funeral pyre), little flint and a little animal bone. The pyre was 3m east of the centre of the barrow, originally 3.6m in diameter but after searching for bone was complete had been tidied up into an area 1m x 0.9m. Some bone fragments from the pyre material fitted the cremation deposit bone fragments. The grave was dug at the pyre edge to the south east, as a sub-rectangle c1.5m x 0.9m x 0.45m deep. The bones were set in a pile, ash free, to the north end of the grave, and on top were placed a bronze dagger, and near the bottom a whetstone. To one side were bone tweezers and a bone pin. The grave was filled with turf, and clean chalk was heaped over the grave. The dagger had a leather sheath, the underside being preserved until discovery. It did not appear to have been used, but to have been kept in its sheath.

RC: from primary cremation bone BM-708 1119 +/-45, and from oak charcoal from the pyre BM-709 1527 +/- 52

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 46

Y coordinate 116

Bibliographic source Proudfoot 1963

Query

Site name	Edmondsham 2
Site number	687
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4101 4106 4122 4123 4129 4143 4152 4153 4160 4181 4200
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow comprising a turf core and a chalk capping over the remains of a funeral pyre and an off-centre single cremated interment of a male c27 on the old land surface. A few sherds were found in the mound (2 of Beaker, one of these from below the funeral pyre), little flint and a little animal bone. The pyre was 3m east of the centre of the barrow, originally 3.6m in diameter but after searching for bone was complete had been tidied up into an area 1m x 0.9m. Some bone fragments from the pyre material fitted the cremation deposit bone fragments. The grave was dug at the pyre edge to the south east, as a sub-rectangle c1.5m x 0.9m x 0.45m deep. The bones were set in a pile, ash free, to the north end of the grave, and on top were placed a bronze dagger, and near the bottom a whetstone. To one side were bone tweezers and a bone pin. The grave was filled with turf, and clean chalk was heaped over the grave. The dagger had a leather sheath, the underside being preserved until discovery. It did not appear to have been used, but to have been kept in its sheath. RC: from primary cremation bone BM-708 1119 +/-45, and from oak charcoal from the pyre BM-709 1527 +/- 52
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	46
Y coordinate	116
Bibliographic source	Proudfoot 1963