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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 Portesham 2a, Black Down

Site number 739

Burial codes 4001 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4161 4181 3002 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3083 3091 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3161 3181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow with no primary burial found, but the excavators presumed an inhumation without grave goods destroyed by acid soil. A turf mound was covered by bright yellow-orange gravel, surrounded by a grey berm with a deep wide ditch with yellow sides 4.5m wide x 1.8m deep. 4 (?)secondary urns, 3 with cremations, all upright, were inserted into the mound top, two with flat stones as covers.

14/1300bc-8/700bc Two of these urns were food vessels of Abercromby type 3, one a Deverel-Rimbury pot form of barrel/bucket shape, and a probable barrel urn.

Remains/Period Y4 Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 613

Y coordinate 875

Bibliographic source Farrar 1955b, Thompson and Ashbee 1957

Query

Site name	Portesham 2a, Black Down
Site number	739
Burial codes	4001 4005 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4161 4181 3002 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3083 3091 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3161 3181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow with no primary burial found, but the excavators presumed an inhumation without grave goods destroyed by acid soil. A turf mound was covered by bright yellow-orange gravel, surrounded by a grey berm with a deep wide ditch with yellow sides 4.5m wide x 1.8m deep. 4 (?)secondary urns, 3 with cremations, all upright, were inserted into the mound top, two with flat stones as covers.
14/1300bc-8/700bc	Two of these urns were food vessels of Abercromby type 3, one a Deverel-Rimbury pot form of barrel/bucket shape, and a probable barrel urn.
Remains/Period	Y4 Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	613
Y coordinate	875
Bibliographic source	Farrar 1955b, Thompson and Ashbee 1957