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Site name Kingston Russell 26a, Poor Lot

Site number 710

Burial codes 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4033 4053 4143 4152 4159 4184

2500bc-14/1300bc A pond barrow with a causeway at the SSE, containing an incomplete circle of small pits (4 or 5 or possibly 8), and 2 eccentric pits on the south and west. An elongated flint pavement 7.5m x 5.1m extended as a pathway through the entrance. There were stray scraps of cinerary urn.

Remains/Period N4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 588

Y coordinate 907

Bibliographic source Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Kingston Russell 26a, Poor Lot
Site number	710
Burial codes	4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4033 4053 4143 4152 4159 4184
2500bc-14/1300bc	A pond barrow with a causeway at the SSE, containing an incomplete circle of small pits (4 or 5 or possibly 8), and 2 eccentric pits on the south and west. An elongated flint pavement 7.5m x 5.1m extended as a pathway through the entrance. There were stray scraps of cinerary urn.
Remains/Period	N4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	588
Y coordinate	907
Bibliographic source	Grinsell 1959