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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 Larkwhistle Farm

Site number 1574

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow with ditch and a mound of chalk rubble, loamy soil and flints. In the mound was the only dating evidence found, a sherd of collared urn of Middle Bronze Age date. A flint capping topped the mound itself. It was built over a central cremation pit c0.4m square, robbed but still containing some small fragments of cremated bones and charcoal. Two later cremation deposits had been inserted into the central area of the barrow.

Remains/Period Y4

County Hampshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 459

Y coordinate 369

Bibliographic source Whinney 1987

Query

Site name	Larkwhistle Farm
Site number	1574
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A round barrow with ditch and a mound of chalk rubble, loamy soil and flints. In the mound was the only dating evidence found, a sherd of collared urn of Middle Bronze Age date. A flint capping topped the mound itself. It was built over a central cremation pit c0.4m square, robbed but still containing some small fragments of cremated bones and charcoal. Two later cremation deposits had been inserted into the central area of the barrow.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Hampshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	459
Y coordinate	369
Bibliographic source	Whinney 1987