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Site name | Wimborne St Giles 17 |
Site number | 773 |
Burial codes | 3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3162 3181 |
14/1300bc-8/700bc | A disc barrow with a very large inverted (?)barrel urn in a chalk cut pit, containing a cremation in a linen bag or cloth. Above this interment was a very large quantity of ashes and charred wood. Immediately below the turf was an unaccompanied cremation. |
Remains/Period | Y3 |
County | Dorset |
Region | S |
National grid square | SU |
X coordinate | 17 |
Y coordinate | 171 |
Bibliographic source | Hoare 1812, Warne 1866 |
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