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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 Moordown, Red Breast Hill

Site number 1532

Burial codes 3002 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3083 3084 3092 3097 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3173 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc In 1873 trenching for a tree plantation found 97 (probably) Deverel-Rimbury urns close to a barrow, 2 being found in 1908 and 5 around 1923. 86 of the original group were deposited nearly in parallel lines on the slope of the mound south of the barrow within 20 square feet. Many were inverted, none were covered, and in some a few small fragments of bone were found.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SZ

X coordinate 70

Y coordinate 930

Bibliographic source Cox 1887, Calkin 1962

Query

Site name	Moordown, Red Breast Hill
Site number	1532
Burial codes	3002 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3083 3084 3092 3097 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3173 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	In 1873 trenching for a tree plantation found 97 (probably) Deverel-Rimbury urns close to a barrow, 2 being found in 1908 and 5 around 1923. 86 of the original group were deposited nearly in parallel lines on the slope of the mound south of the barrow within 20 square feet. Many were inverted, none were covered, and in some a few small fragments of bone were found.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SZ
X coordinate	70
Y coordinate	930
Bibliographic source	Cox 1887, Calkin 1962