Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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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 Wimborne St Giles 4

Site number 764

Burial codes 4005 4009 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4071 4084 4098 4104 4111 4121 4123 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181 3002 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3161 3181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow with a deep primary inhumation of a large person oriented NS. 0.6m above this was an inhumation of two persons, oriented NS, accompanied by a small plain four legged handled cup, a black bead, and a bronze dagger. Near the barrow surface were the remains of a large ornamented urn.

14/1300bc-8/700bc A secondary adult cremation in an inverted Late Bronze Age urn pierced by 11 rivet holes was placed in the side of the barrow just below the surface. There were the fragmentary remains of another similar cremation.

Remains/Period Y4 Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 20

Y coordinate 175

Bibliographic source Hoare 1812, Warne 1866, Anon 1950c

Query

Site name	Wimborne St Giles 4
Site number	764
Burial codes	4005 4009 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4071 4084 4098 4104 4111 4121 4123 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4181 3002 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3161 3181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow with a deep primary inhumation of a large person oriented NS. 0.6m above this was an inhumation of two persons, oriented NS, accompanied by a small plain four legged handled cup, a black bead, and a bronze dagger. Near the barrow surface were the remains of a large ornamented urn.
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A secondary adult cremation in an inverted Late Bronze Age urn pierced by 11 rivet holes was placed in the side of the barrow just below the surface. There were the fragmentary remains of another similar cremation.
Remains/Period	Y4 Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	20
Y coordinate	175
Bibliographic source	Hoare 1812, Warne 1866, Anon 1950c