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Site name Kingston Russell 26b, Poor Lot

Site number 711

Burial codes 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4032 4053 4143 4152 4184

2500bc-14/1300bc A pond barrow with a causeway at the SE, containing a central circle of 8 small pits covered by a flint pavement of 6.6m diameter, extended as a pathway through the entrance. There was a pair of additional small pits on either side of the junction of the path with the causeway. There were stray scraps of cinerary urn.

Remains/Period N4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 587

Y coordinate 907

Bibliographic source Grinsell 1959

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Site name	Kingston Russell 26b, Poor Lot
Site number	711
Burial codes	4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4032 4053 4143 4152 4184
2500bc-14/1300bc	A pond barrow with a causeway at the SE, containing a central circle of 8 small pits covered by a flint pavement of 6.6m diameter, extended as a pathway through the entrance. There was a pair of additional small pits on either side of the junction of the path with the causeway. There were stray scraps of cinerary urn.
Remains/Period	N4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	587
Y coordinate	907
Bibliographic source	Grinsell 1959