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Site name Bere Regis 46b

Site number 1577

Burial codes 3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3043 3047 3051 3053 3065 3075 3081 3084 3093 3098 3104 3111 3121 3128 3129 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bowl barrow containing two primary crouched interments and other inhumations of uncertain date. Although the record is not very clear in parts, there were certainly three secondary cremations in inverted urns set 0.9m deep into the mound Of the urns, one was sub-biconical, one biconical with 2 lugs and 2 small perforated handles and containing a bone needle, and the third a cordoned biconical urn with 2 lugs, 2 rows of knobs, a raised cross on the base and containing a bronze bead. The mouth of the last urn was clay-plastered. There were also other plain and fragmentary urn cremations. A number of belemnites were scattered throughout the barrow mound.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 823

Y coordinate 967

Bibliographic source Grinsell 1959, Calkin 1966

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Site name	Bere Regis 46b
Site number	1577
Burial codes	3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3043 3047 3051 3053 3065 3075 3081 3084 3093 3098 3104 3111 3121 3128 3129 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bowl barrow containing two primary crouched interments and other inhumations of uncertain date. Although the record is not very clear in parts, there were certainly three secondary cremations in inverted urns set 0.9m deep into the mound Of the urns, one was sub-biconical, one biconical with 2 lugs and 2 small perforated handles and containing a bone needle, and the third a cordoned biconical urn with 2 lugs, 2 rows of knobs, a raised cross on the base and containing a bronze bead. The mouth of the last urn was clay-plastered. There were also other plain and fragmentary urn cremations. A number of belemnites were scattered throughout the barrow mound.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	823
Y coordinate	967
Bibliographic source	Grinsell 1959, Calkin 1966